Economy in Government Procurement and Property Management: Hearings, Ninetieth Congress, First Session, Volume 7

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Page 31 - Investigatory files compiled for law enforcement purposes except to the extent available by law to a party other than an agency...
Page 29 - ... (B) statements of the general course and method by which its functions are channeled and determined, including the nature and requirements of all formal and informal procedures available; (C) rules of procedure, descriptions of forms available or the places at which forms may be obtained, and instructions as to the scope and contents of all papers, reports, or examinations...
Page 167 - In each such excepted subcontract hereunder which exceeds $100,000, the Contractor shall insert the substance of the following clause. PRICE REDUCTION FOR DEFECTIVE COST OR PRICING DATA— PRICE ADJUSTMENTS. (a.) This clause shall become operative only with respect to any change or other modification made pursuant to one or more provisions of this contract which involves a price adjustment in excess of $100,000, except where the price is based on adequate price competition, established catalog or...
Page 213 - Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, Department of the Air Force...
Page 81 - ... be solicited from the maximum number of qualified sources consistent with the nature and requirements of the supplies or services to be procured, and written or oral discussions shall be conducted with all responsible offerers who submit proposals within a competitive range, price, and other factors considered: Provided, however.
Page 133 - ... submitted. Such, audits shall not be for the purpose of evaluating profit-cost relationships, nor shall any repricing of such contracts be made because the realized profit was greater than was forecast, or because some contingency cited by the contractor in his submission failed to materialize — unless the audit reveals that the cost or pricing data certified by the contractor were, in fact, defective.
Page 81 - ... for technical or special property that he determines to require substantial initial investment or an extended period of preparation for manufacture, and for which he determines that formal advertising would be likely to result in additional cost to the Government by reason of duplication of necessary preparation which would unduly delay the procurement of the property...
Page 186 - Persistent labor surplus area concern" means a concern that agrees to perform, or cause to be performed, a substantial proportion of a contract In persistent labor surplus areas.
Page 95 - Cost analysis is the review and evaluation of a contractor's cost or pricing data (see § 1-3.807-3) and of the judgmental factors applied in projecting from the data to the estimated costs, in order to form an opinion on the degree to which the contractor's proposed costs represent what performance of the contract should cost, assuming reasonable economy and efficiency.
Page 177 - ... offered any lesser portion at the same price. (In the event more than one such unaccepted bid is involved, the same procedure shall be applied successively to each...