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AG-3187-S-12-0164

SECTION B--SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS

B.1. Type of Contract

The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) intends to issue a single award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. Specific tasks and/or work to be performed will be detailed in individual task orders issued under this IDIQ contract. Task orders will predominately be cost plus fixed fee (CPFF), but Firm Fixed Price (FFP) task orders will be used when appropriate.

B.2. Minimum and Maximum Quantities

During the contract period of performance (including any exercised option years), the maximum IDIQ value shall not exceed $100 million. The minimum ordering quantity is $100,000.

B.3. Estimated Costs and Fixed Fee for CPFF Task Orders

(a) The Total Estimated Cost Plus Fixed Fee for each task order must be negotiated in accordance with the terms of the IDIQ contract. In no event may the indirect rates or fixed fee for a task order exceed the ceilings set forth in Section B.4 and B.5 of the IDIQ contract. The U.S. dollar costs must be limited to reasonable, allocable, and allowable costs determined in accordance with FAR 52.216-7, Allowable Cost and Payment, and FAR 52.216-8, Fixed Fee, 2 CFR Part 220 (for educational institutions), and 2 CFR Part 230 (for non--profits).

(b) Fixed Fee Payment. For any task order issued as a Cost Plus Fixed Fee under this IDIQ, at the time of each payment of allowable costs to the Contractor, the Contracting Officer paying office ordinarily pays the Contractor a percentage of fixed fee that directly corresponds to the percentage of allowable costs being paid. Two exceptions to paying fixed fee in this manner apply:

(1) If the Contracting Officer determines that this method results in paying a disproportionately higher ratio of fixed fee than the percentage of work that the Contractor has completed, then the Contracting Officer may suspend further payment of any fixed fee until the Contractor has made sufficient progress to justify further payment, up to the agreed percentage.

(2) The clauses entitled "Allowable Cost and Payment" (FAR 52.216-7) and "Fixed Fee" (FAR 52.216-8) are incorporated into this IDIQ.

B.4 Indirect Costs

Pending the establishment of revised provisional or final billing rates, allowable indirect costs shall be reimbursed based on the following predetermined rates. These rates were derived from the technical and pricing expertise of the United States Government, and are based on empirical data for similar work in the same type of industry:

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