7:58 CONTRACT CLAUSES AND SOLICITATION PROVISIONS (c) The Contractor further agrees, with respect to any subcontract hereunder which is in excess of $500,000 and which contains the clause entitled “Utilization of Labor Surplus Area Concerns" that he will insert provisions in the subcontract which will conform substantially to the language of this clause, including this paragraph (c), and that he will furnish the names of such subcontractors to the Contracting Officer. (End of clause) 7-104.21 Limitation on Withholding of Payments. (a) Except as provided in (b) below, the following clause shall be inserted in contracts which include more than one clause or Schedule provision authorizing the temporary withholding of amounts otherwise payable to the contractor for supplies delivered or services performed. LIMITATION ON WITHHOLDING OF PAYMENTS (1958 SEP) If more than one clause or Schedule provision of this contract authorizes the temporary withholding of amounts otherwise payable to the Contractor for supplies delivered or services performed, the total of the amounts so withheld at any one time shall not exceed the greatest amount which may be withheld under any one such clause or Schedule provision at that time; provided, that this limitation shall not apply to— (i) withholdings pursuant to any clause relating to wages or hours of employees; (iii) the recovery of overpayments. (End of clause) (b) The clause in (a) above is not required when: (i) the contracting officer or the procuring activity determines that the withholding limitation in the said clause is incompatible with the purpose of the particular withholding provisions involved; or (ii) all of the contract clauses or Schedule provisions (in excess of one) which provide for the withholding of payments either (A) are exempt from the limitations in the clause set forth in (a) above under the proviso thereof, or (B) provide that their withholding provisions do not require any additional withholdings where the amounts required to be withheld under them is being withheld under other provisions of the contract. If it is determined that the withholding limitation in the clause in (a) above is incompatible with the purpose of particular withholding provisions, the said clause may be omitted or modified to make it inapplicable to such withholding provi sions. 7-104.22 Equal Opportunity Pre-Award Clearance of Subcontracts. Insert the following clause in all contracts containing a “Subcontracts” clause prescribed by 23-201 (see also 23-201.4). 7-104.22 ARMED SERVICES PROCUREMENT REGULATION CONTRACT CLAUSES AND SOLICITATION PROVISIONS 7:59 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PRE-AWARD CLEARANCE OF SUBCONTRACTS (1971 OCT) Notwithstanding the clause of this contract entitled "Subcontracts," the Contractor shall not enter into a first-tier subcontract for an estimated or actual amount of $1,000,000 or more without obtaining in writing from the Contracting Officer a clearance that the proposed subcontractor is in compliance with equal opportunity requirements and therefore is eligible for award. (End of clause) 7-104.23 Subcontracts. (a) The following clause shall be inserted in all fixed-price type.contracts, in accordance with 23-201. SUBCONTRACTS (1979 MAR) (The provisions of this clause do not apply to firm fixed-price contracts and fixed price contracts with economic price adjustment provisions. However, the clause does apply to unpriced modifications under such contracts.) (a) As used in this clause, the term "subcontract" includes but is not limited to purchase orders, changes and/ or modifications thereto. (b) The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer reasonably in advance of entering into any subcontract if the Contractor's procurement system has not been approved by the Contracting Officer and if the subcontract: (i) is to be a cost-reimbursement, time and materials, or labor-hour contract which it is estimated will involve an amount in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) including any fee: (ii) is proposed to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000); or (iii) is one of a number of subcontracts, under this contract, with a single subcontractor for the same or related supplies or services which, in the aggregate, are expected to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). (c) The advance notification required by paragraph (b) above shall include: (i) a description of the supplies or services to be called for by the subcontract; (ii) identification of the proposed subcontractor and an explanation of why and how the proposed subcontractor was selected, including the competition obtained; (iii) the proposed subcontract price, together with the Contractor's cost or price analysis thereof; (iv) the subcontractor's current, complete, and accurate cost or pricing data and Certificate of Current Cost or Pricing Data, when such data and certificates are required by other provisions of this contract to be obtained from the subcontractor; (v) identification of the type of subcontract to be used; (vi) a memorandum of negotiation which sets forth the principal elements of the subcontract price negotiations. A copy of this memorandum shall be retained in the contractor's file for the use of Government reviewing authorities. The memorandum shall be in sufficient detail to reflect the most significant considerations controlling the establishment of initial or revised prices. The memorandum should include an explanation of why cost or pricing data was, or was not required, and, if it was not required in the case of any price negotiation in excess of $100,000, a statement of the basis for determining that the price resulted from or was based on adequate price competition, established catalog or market prices of commercial items sold in substantial quantities to the general public, or prices set by law or regulation. If cost or pricing data was submitted and a certificate of cost or pricing data was required, the memorandum shall reflect the extent to which reliance was not placed upon the fac tual cost or pricing data submitted and the extent to which this data was not used by the contractor in determining the total price objective and in negotiating the final price. The memorandum shall also reflect the extent to which it was recognized in the negotiation that any cost or pricing data submitted by the subcontractor was not accurate, complete, or current; the action taken by the contractor and the subcontractor as a result; and the effect, if any, of such defective data on the total price negotiated. Where the total price negotiated differs significantly from the contractor's total price objective, the memorandum shall explain this difference; 7-104.23 ARMED SERVICES PROCUREMENT REGULATION 7:60 CONTRACT CLAUSES AND SOLICITATION PROVISIONS (vii) when incentives are used, the memorandum of negotiation shall contain an explana- (viii) the Subcontractor's Disclosure Statement or Certificate relating to Cost Accounting (d) The Contractor shall not enter into any subcontract for which advance notification to the Contracting Officer is required by this clause, without the prior written consent of the Contracting Officer; provided that the Contracting Officer, in his discretion, may ratify in writing any subcontract. Such ratification shall constitute the consent of the Contracting Officer required by this paragraph. (e) Neither consent by the Contracting Officer to any subcontract or any provisions thereof nor approval of the Contractor's procurement system shall be construed to be a determination; (i) of the acceptability of any subcontract terms or condition, (ii) of the acceptability of any subcontract price or of any amount paid under any subcontract, or (iii) to relieve the Contractor of any responsibility for performing this contract; unless such approval or consent specifically provides otherwise. (f) The Contractor agrees that no subcontract placed under this contract shall provide for payment on a cost-plus-a-percentage-of-cost basis. (g) The Government reserves the right to perform contractor procurement system reviews as set forth in ASPR Section XXIII. (End of clause) (b) Insert the following additional subparagraph to the clause in (a) above in accordance with 23-201.1(b)(iii). (h) Notwithstanding approval of the Contractor's procurement system, the Contractor shall not enter into certain subcontracts or classes of subcontracts set forth elsewhere in this contract without the prior written consent of the Contracting Officer. With respect to subcontracts so identified, the advance notification requirements of paragraph (b) above shall be fully applicable even though the Contractor's system has been approved and those subcontracts are within the scope of the approval. 7-104.24 Government Property. (a) Government Property Clause. Except as provided in (b) through (d) and (f) below, insert the following clause when a Department is to furnish to the contractor, or the contractor is to acquire Government property. GOVERNMENT PROPERTY (FIXED PRICE) (1968 SEP) (a) Government-Furnished Property. The Government shall deliver to the Contractor, for use in connection with and under the terms of this contract, the property described as Governmentfurnished property in the Schedule or specifications, together with such related data and information as the Contractor may request and as may reasonably be required for the intended use of 7-104.24 ARMED SERVICES PROCUREMENT REGULATION CONTRACT CLAUSES AND SOLICITATION PROVISIONS such property (hereinafter referred to as "Government-furnished property"). The delivery or performance dates for the supplies or services to be furnished by the Contractor under this contract are based upon the expectation that Government-furnished property suitable for use (except for such property furnished "as is") will be delivered to the Contractor at the times stated in the Schedule or, if not so stated, in sufficient time to enable the Contractor to meet such delivery or performance dates. In the event that Government-furnished property is not delivered to the Contractor by such time or times, the Contracting Officer shall, upon timely written request made by the Contractor, make a determination of the delay, if any, occasioned the Contractor thereby, and shall equitably adjust the delivery or performance dates or the contract price, or both, and any other contractual provision affected by any such delay, in accordance with the procedures provided for in the clause of this contract entitled “Changes." Except for Government-furnished property furnished "as-is", in the event the Government-furnished property is received by the 7-104.24 ARMED SERVICES PROCUREMENT REGULATION CONTRACT CLAUSES AND SOLICITATION PROVISIONS Contractor in a condition not suitable for the intended use the Contractor shall, upon receipt thereof, notify the Contracting Officer of such fact and, as directed by the Contracting Officer, either (i) return such property at the Government's expense or otherwise dispose of the property, or (ii) effect repairs or modifications. Upon the completion of (i) or (ii) above, the Contracting Officer upon written request of the Contractor shall equitably adjust the delivery or performance dates or the contract price, or both, and any other contractual provision affected by the rejection or disposition, or the repair or modification, in accordance with the procedures provided for in the clause of this contract entitled “Changes." The foregoing provisions for adjustment are exclusive and the Government shall not be liable to suit for breach of contract by reason of any delay in delivery of Government-furnished property or delivery of such property in a condition not suitable for its intended use. (b) Changes in Government-furnished Property. (1) By notice in writing, the Contracting Officer may (i) decrease the property provided or to be provided by the Government under this contract, or (ii) substitute other Governmentowned property for property to be provided by the Government, or to be acquired by the Contractor for the Government, under this contract. The Contractor shall promptly take such action as the Contracting Officer may direct with respect to the removal and shipping of property covered by such notice. (2) In the event of any decrease in or substitution of property pursuant to subparagraph (1) above, or any withdrawal of authority to use property provided under any other contract or lease, which property the Government had agreed in the Schedule, to make available for the performance of this contract, the Contracting Officer, upon the written request of the Contractor (or, if the substitution of property causes a decrease in the cost of performance, on his own initiative), shall equitably adjust such contractual provisions as may be affected by the decrease, substitution, or withdrawal, in accordance with the procedures provided for in the "Changes" clause of this contract. (c) Title. Title to all property furnished by the Government shall remain in the Government. In order to define the obligations of the parties under this clause, title to each item of facilities, special test equipment, and special tooling (other than that subject to a "Special Tooling" clause) acquired by the Contractor for the Government pursuant to this contract shall pass to and vest in the Government when its use in the performance of this contract commences, or upon payment therefor by the Government, whichever is earlier, whether or not title previously vested. All Government-furnished property, together with all property acquired by the Contractor title to which vests in the Government under this paragraph, is subject to the provisions of this clause and is hereinafter collectively referred to as "Government property". Title to Government property shall not be affected by the incorporation or attachment thereof to any property not owned by the Government, nor shall such Government property, or any part thereof, be or become a fixture or lose its identity as personalty by reason of affixation to any realty. (d) Property Administration. The Contractor shall comply with the provisions of Appendix B, Armed Services Procurement Regulation, as in effect on the date of the contract, which is hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this contract. Material to be furnished by the Government shall be ordered or returned by the Contractor, when required, in accordance with the "Manual for Military Standard Requisitioning and Issue Procedure (MILSTRIP) for Defense Contractors" (Appendix H, Armed Services Procurement Regulation) as in effect on the date of this contract, which Manual is hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this contract. (e) Use of Government Property. The Government property shall, unless otherwise provided herein or approved by the Contracting Officer, be used only for the performance of this contract. (f) Utilization, Maintenance and Repair of Government Property. The Contractor shall maintain and administer, in accordance with sound industrial practice, and in accordance with applicable provisions of Appendix B, a program for the utilization, maintenance, repair, protection, and preservation of Government property until disposed of by the Contractor in accordance with this clause. In the event that any damage occurs to Government property the risk of which has been assumed by the Government under this contract, the Government shall replace such items or the Contractor shall make such repair of the property as the Government directs; provided, however, that if the Contractor cannot effect such repair within the time required, the Contractor shall dispose of such property in the manner directed by the Contracting Officer. The contract price includes no compensation to the Contractor for the performance of any repair or replacement for 7-104.24 ARMED SERVICES PROCUREMENT REGULATION |