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This PGI section supplements: DFARS 216.401-71 · FAR 16.401-71
The corresponding FAR Part 16 and DFARS Part 216 have been overhauled under the RFO. PGI replacement text is provided in the RFO deviation attachment. View FAR Part 16

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(1) Contracting officers shall use objective criteria to the maximum extent possible to measure contract performance. Objective criteria are associated with cost-plus-incentive-fee and fixed-price-incentive contracts.

(2) When objective criteria exist but the contracting officer determines that it is in the best interest of the Government also to incentivize subjective elements of performance, the most appropriate contract type is a multiple-incentive contract containing both objective incentives and subjective award-fee criteria (i.e., cost-plus-incentive-fee/award-fee or fixed-price-incentive/award-fee).

(3) See PGI 216.401 (e) for guidance on the use of award-fee contracts.

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