FAR 31.103 Contracts with commercial organizations
Section Federal Acquisition Regulation
Facts
- Citation
- FAR 31.103
- Type
- Section
- Last amended
- 72 FR 6882 Effective Feb 12, 2007
- Text as of
- FAC 2026-01
- Official text
- acquisition.gov
Text from acquisition.gov. Federal Register history from the Federal Register's records of the rules that amended this section.
Text
This category includes all contracts and contract modifications for supplies, services, or experimental, developmental, or research work negotiated with organizations other than educational institutions (see 31.104), construction and architect-engineer contracts (see 31.105), State and local governments (see 31.107) and nonprofit organizations (see 31.108) on the basis of cost.
(a) The cost principles and procedures in subpart 31.2 and agency supplements shall be used in pricing negotiated supply, service, experimental, developmental, and research contracts and contract modifications with commercial organizations whenever cost analysis is performed as required by 15.404-1(c).
(b) In addition, the contracting officer shall incorporate the cost principles and procedures in subpart 31.2 and agency supplements by reference in contracts with commercial organizations as the basis for-
(1) Determining reimbursable costs under-
(i) Cost-reimbursement contracts and cost-reimbursement subcontracts under these contracts performed by commercial organizations and
(ii) The cost-reimbursement portion of time-and-materials contracts except when material is priced on a basis other than at cost (see 16.601(c)(3));
(2) Negotiating indirect cost rates (see subpart 42.7);
(3) Proposing, negotiating, or determining costs under terminated contracts (see 49.103 and 49.113);
(4) Price revision of fixed-price incentive contracts (see 16.204 and 16.403);
(5) Price redetermination of price redetermination contracts (see 16.205 and 16.206); and
(6) Pricing changes and other contract modifications.
Federal Register history
| Final rule | Published | Effective |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments |
Sections cited
- FAR 31.104 Contracts with educational institutions
- FAR 31.105 Construction and architect-engineer contracts
- FAR 31.107 Contracts with State, local, and federally recognized Indian tribal governments
- FAR 31.108 Contracts with nonprofit organizations
- FAR Subpart 31.2 Contracts with Commercial Organizations
- FAR 15.404-1(c) Proposal analysis techniques
- FAR 16.601(c)(3) Time-and-materials contracts
- FAR Subpart 42.7 Indirect Cost Rates
- FAR 49.103 Methods of settlement
- FAR 49.113 Cost principles
- FAR 16.204 Fixed-price incentive contracts
- FAR 16.403 Fixed-price incentive contracts
- FAR 16.205 Fixed-price contracts with prospective price redetermination
- FAR 16.206 Fixed-ceiling-price contracts with retroactive price redetermination
Quick answers
What is FAR 31.103?
FAR 31.103 is a section of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, titled "Contracts with commercial organizations".
When was FAR 31.103 last changed?
The most recent final rule on record is "Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments" (72 FR 6882), published Feb 13, 2007 and effective Feb 12, 2007.
Are changes to FAR 31.103 proposed?
No proposed rule from the last 3 years is waiting on a final rule.
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