I. General Instructions

FAC 2005-45 OCTOBER 1, 2010

FAC 2005–10 JUNE 28, 2006

A. You must provide the following information on the first page of your pricing proposal:

(1)  Solicitation, contract, and/or modification number;

(2)  Name and address of offeror;

(3)  Name and telephone number of point of contact;

(4)  Name of contract administration office (if available);

(5)  Type of contract action (that is, new contract, change order, price revision/redetermination, letter contract, unpressed order, or other);

(6)  Proposed cost; profit or fee; and total;

(7)  Whether you will require the use of Government property in the performance of the contract, and, if so, what property;

(8)  Whether your organization is subject to cost accounting standards; whether your organization has submitted a CASB Disclosure Statement, and if it has been determined adequate; whether you have been notified that you are or may be in noncompliance with your Disclosure Statement or CAS (other than a noncompliance that the cognizant Federal agency official has determined to have an immaterial cost impact), and, if yes, an explanation; whether any aspect of this proposal is inconsistent with your disclosed practices or applicable CAS, and, if so, an explanation; and whether the proposal is consistent with your established estimating and accounting principles and procedures and FAR Part 31, Cost Principles, and, if not, an explanation;

(9)  The following statement:

This proposal reflects our estimates and/or actual costs as of this date and conforms with the instructions in FAR 15.403-5(b)(1) and Table 15-2. By submitting this proposal, we grant the Contracting Officer and authorized representative(s) the right to examine, at any time before award, those records, which include books, documents, accounting procedures and practices, and other data, regardless of type and form or whether such supporting information is specifically referenced or included in the proposal as the basis for pricing, that will permit an adequate evaluation of the proposed price.

(10)  Date of submission; and

(11)  Name, title, and signature of authorized representative.

B.  In submitting your proposal, you must include an index, appropriately referenced, of all the certified cost or pricing data and information accompanying or identified in the proposal. In addition, you must annotate any future additions and/or revisions, up to the date of agreement on price, or an earlier date agreed upon by the parties, on a supplemental index.

C.  As part of the specific information required, you must submit, with your proposal-

(1)  Certified cost or pricing data (as defined at FAR 2.101). You must clearly identify on your cover sheet that certified cost or pricing data are included as part of the proposal.

(2)  Information reasonably required to explain your estimating process, including-

(i)  The judgmental factors applied and the mathematical or other methods used in the estimate, including those used in projecting from known data; and

(ii)  The nature and amount of any contingencies included in the proposed price.

D.  You must show the relationship between contract line item prices and the total contract price. You must attach cost-element breakdowns for each proposed line item, using the appropriate format prescribed in the "Formats for Submission of Line Item Summaries" section of this table. You must furnish supporting breakdowns for each cost element, consistent with your cost accounting system.

E.  When more than one contract line item is proposed, you must also provide summary total amounts covering all line items for each element of cost.

F.  Whenever you have incurred costs for work performed before submission of a proposal, you must identify those costs in your cost/price proposal.

G.  If you have reached an agreement with Government representatives on use of forward pricing rates/factors, identify the agreement, include a copy, and describe its nature.

H.  As soon as practicable after final agreement on price or an earlier date agreed to by the parties, but before the award resulting from the proposal, you must, under the conditions stated in FAR 15.406-2, submit a Certificate of Current Cost or Pricing Data.