52.214-28 Subcontractor Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications—Sealed Bidding.
Prescription and Applicability
FAR Prescription, 14.201-7(c)
(c)
(1) When contracting by sealed bidding, the contracting officer shall--
(i) Insert the clause at 52.214-28, Subcontractor Certified Cost or Pricing Data--Modifications--Sealed Bidding, in solicitations and contracts if the contract amount is expected to exceed the threshold for submission of certified cost or pricing data at 15.403-4(a)(1); or
(ii) Upon request of a contractor in connection with a prime contract entered into before July 1, 2018, the contracting officer shall modify the contract without requiring consideration to replace clause 52.214-28, Subcontractor Certified Cost or Pricing Data--Modifications--Sealed Bidding, with its Alternate I.
(2) In exceptional cases, the head of the contracting activity may waive the requirement for inclusion of the clause in a contract with a foreign government or agency of that government. The authorizations for the waiver and the reasons for granting it shall be in writing.
Current Text
52.214-28 Subcontractor Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications—Sealed Bidding.
As prescribed in 14.201-7(c)(1)(i), insert the following clause:
Subcontractor Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications—Sealed Bidding (JUN 2020)
(a) The requirements of paragraphs (b) and (c) of this clause shall
(1) Become operative only for any modification to this contract involving aggregate increases and/or decreases in costs, plus applicable profits, expected to exceed the threshold for submission of certified cost or pricing data in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.403-4(a)(1) on the date of execution of the modification, and
(2) Be limited to such modifications.
(b) Before awarding any subcontract expected to exceed the threshold for submission of certified cost or pricing data in FAR 15.403-4(a)(1), on the date of agreement on price or the date of award, whichever is later, or before pricing any subcontract modifications involving aggregate increases and/or decreases in costs, plus applicable profits, expected to exceed the threshold for submission of certified cost or pricing data in FAR 15.403-4(a)(1), the Contractor shall require the subcontractor to submit certified cost or pricing data (actually or by specific identification in writing), as part of the subcontractor's proposal in accordance with FAR 15.408, Table 15-2 (to include any information reasonably required to explain the subcontractor's estimating process such as the judgmental factors applied and the mathematical or other methods used in the estimate, including those used in projecting from known data, and the nature and amount of any contingencies included in the price), unless an exception under FAR 15.403-1(b) applies. If the threshold for submission of certified cost or pricing data specified in FAR 15.403-4(a)(1) is adjusted for inflation as set forth in FAR 1.109(a), then pursuant to FAR 1.109(d) the changed threshold applies throughout the remaining term of the contract, unless there is a subsequent threshold adjustment.
(c) The Contractor shall require the subcontractor to certify in substantially the form prescribed in subsection 15.406-2 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, the data submitted under paragraph (b) above were accurate, complete, and current as of the date of agreement on the negotiated price of the subcontract or subcontract modification.
(d) The Contractor shall insert the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (d), in each subcontract that, when entered into, exceeds the threshold for submission of certified cost or pricing data in FAR 15.403-4(a)(1).
(End of clause)
Alternate I (OCT 2025). As prescribed in 14.201-7(c)(1)(ii), substitute the following paragraph (b) in place of paragraph (b) of the basic clause:
(b) Unless an exception under FAR 15.403-1(b) applies, the Contractor shall require the subcontractor to submit certified cost or pricing data (actually or by specific identification in writing), as part of the subcontractor's proposal in accordance with FAR 15.408, Table 15-2 (to include any information reasonably required to explain the subcontractor's estimating process such as the judgmental factors applied and the mathematical or other methods used in the estimate, including those used in projecting from known data, and the nature and amount of any contingencies included in the price)—
(1) Before modifying any subcontract that was awarded prior to July 1, 2018, involving a pricing adjustment expected to exceed $950,000; or
(2) Before awarding any subcontract expected to exceed $2.5 million on or after July 1, 2018, or modifying any subcontract that was awarded on or after July 1, 2018, involving a pricing adjustment expected to exceed $2.5 million.
[48 FR 42478, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 50 FR 1747, Jan. 11, 1985; 50 FR 52429, Dec. 23, 1985; 56 FR 67415, Dec. 30, 1991; 59 FR 62499, Dec. 5, 1994; 60 FR 48218, Sept. 18, 1995; 62 FR 51271, Sept. 30, 1997; 75 FR 53150, Aug. 30, 2010; 85 FR 27094, May 6, 2020; 85 FR 40074, July 2, 2020; 85 FR 53247, Aug. 28, 2020; 90 FR 41880, Aug. 27, 2025]
Active Class Deviations Affecting This Clause
Class Deviation 2022-O0001, Class Deviation 2022-O0001 - Revision 1 – Threshold for Obtaining Certified Cost or Pricing Data for Subcontracts and Price Adjustments
- Status: Active
- Date Issued: 2021-10-07
- Change type: MODIFIED
- Action: Substitute clause 52.214-28
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