Reclamation Acquisition Regulations (RAR)
PART WBR 1416
TYPES OF CONTRACTS
SUBPART WBR 1416.5 -- INDEFINITE-DELIVERY CONTRACTS
WBR 1416.501-2 General.
WBR 1416.504 Indefinite-quantity contracts.
WBR 1416.505 Ordering
SUBPART WBR 1416.6 -- TIME-AND-MATERIALS, LABOR-HOUR, AND LETTER CONTRACTS
WBR 1416.603 Letter contracts.
WBR 1416.603-3 Limitations.
PART WBR 1416
TYPES OF CONTRACTS
SUBPART WBR 1416.5 -- INDEFINITE-DELIVERY CONTRACTS
(a) The total of the base and any option periods in indefinite-delivery contracts shall not exceed the limits in FAR 17.204(e).
(b) The following amounts shall be used for the purpose of determining dollar amounts in connection with threshold requirements for review and approval requirements --
(1) For a requirements contract, the estimated total contract amount which corresponds to the amount required by FAR 16.503(a)(1) including any options; and
(2) For an indefinite-quantity contract, the amount which corresponds to the stated maximum required by FAR 16.504(a)(1 ) including any options.
WBR 1416.504 Indefinite-quantity contracts.
(a) Task order contracts may allow individual task orders to be fixed-price, cost-reimbursement, time and materials, labor hour, or any combination thereof.
(b) Task order contract pricing may be either input-based, output-based, or both.
(1) Input-based contracts must include --
(i) A list and description of labor categories;
(ii)
The estimated quantity (or minimum and maximum quantities) of
hours per labor category;
(iii) A firm or ceiling
hourly labor rate or set of rates for each labor category:
(A) Firm hourly rates include direct and indirect costs and
profit;
(B) Ceiling hourly rates are used for
cost-reimbursement task orders and include only direct labor costs,
with reimbursement of indirect costs based on separate interim
billing rates; fee is separately stipulated; and
(iv) Cost reimbursement contract line items for materials and travel.
(2) Output-based contracts must include firm
prices for standard work units or standard tasks, e.g., a unit
price of $1 per square foot (which includes direct and indirect
costs and profit) to paint one square foot of a specified surface
with a specified paint in a specified manner.
(b) The task order/delivery order contract ombudsman shall be the competition advocate designated at WBR 1406.501 .
SUBPART WBR 1416.6 -- TIME-AND-MATERIALS,
LABOR-HOUR,
AND LETTER CONTRACTS
AND LETTER CONTRACTS
WBR 1416.603 Letter contracts.
WBR 1416.603-3 Limitations. The CCO is authorized to approve the written determination, required by FAR 16.603-3, that no contract type other than a letter contract is suitable.