DFARS DCN 20110214

SUMMARY :

Award-Fee Contracts (DFARS Case 2006-D021)

Summary:

DCN 20110214 includes a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to address award-fee contracts, including eliminating the use of provisional award-fee payments.

Supplementary Information:

I. Background

DoD published a proposed rule in the Federal Register (75 FR 22728) on April 30, 2010, to revise guidance for award-fee evaluations and payments, eliminate the use of provisional award-fee payments, and incorporate DoD policy guidance on the use of objective criteria. A new clause entitled Award Fee sets forth the use of award fees in DoD contracts.

II. Discussion and Analysis

In response to the proposed rule, DoD received comments from three respondents.

A discussion of the comments and the changes included in this final rule as a result of those comments is available here.

Dates:

The Effective Date for this final rule is 14 February 2011.

Click here to read the entire Federal Register notice for this rule.