(iii)  Step Three: Evaluate the Task of Estimating a Cancellation Ceiling.

As indicated in Figure 6.A (next page), a cancellation ceiling estimate is based on several separate estimates or "building blocks." You should develop each of the "building blocks" listed in Figure 6.A, and estimate the offsets listed to arrive at a cancellation ceiling. Each estimate is based on the point in time when cancellation could occur. Steps Four through Ten provide guidance on developing each of these estimates. As you complete each step, enter the result in Figure 6.A. Then do the arithmetic to compute the cancellation ceiling.

Cancellation Ceiling Estimate

For a Cancellation Occurring at the End

Of Year _____ of the Multi-year Contract

 

 

BUILDING BLOCKS

ESTIMATE

RESULTING FROM STEP

 

Nonrecurring Costs incurred but not yet recovered

$

  Four

 

Nonrecurring Costs the contractor is committed to incur

+

Five

 

Recurring Costs incurred for the canceled end items

+

Six

 

Recurring costs the contractor is committed to incur for the canceled end items

+

Seven

 

The impact of the cancellation on the cost of the end items already purchased (i.e., those not canceled)

+

______________

Eight

 

SUBTOTAL >>>>

$

 

 

OFFSETS

 

 

 

Work in process on the canceled end items that can either be delivered to the Government or sold

less

_______________

Nine

 

SUBTOTAL >>>>

$

 

 

Commitments the contractor has made that can be canceled in whole or in part

less

______________

Ten

 

TOTAL >>>>

$

Eleven

 

 

Figure 6.A