Use the following clause, in lieu of the clause at FAR 52.215-12, Price Reduction for Defective Certified Cost or Pricing Data-Modifications, in solicitations and contracts when FAR clause 52.215-10, Price Reduction for Defective Certified Cost or Pricing Data, is included.
SUBCONTRACTOR CERTIFIED COST OR PRICING DATA (DEVIATION 2022-O0001) (OCT 2021)
(a) Before awarding any subcontract expected to exceed $2 million, on the date of agreement on price or the date of award, whichever is later; or before pricing any subcontract modification
involving a pricing adjustment expected to exceed $2 million, the Contractor shall require the subcontractor to submit certified cost or pricing data (actually or by specific identification in
writing), in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (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 $2 million threshold for submission of certified cost or pricing data 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.
(b) The Contractor shall require the subcontractor to certify in substantially the form prescribed in FAR 15.406-2 that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, the data submitted under paragraph (a) of this clause were accurate, complete, and current as of the date of agreement on the negotiated price of the subcontract or subcontract modification.
(c) In each subcontract that, when entered into, exceeds $2 million, the Contractor shall insert
either—
(1) The substance of this clause, including this paragraph (c), if paragraph (a) of this clause requires submission of certified cost or pricing data for the subcontract; or
(2) The substance of the clause at 52.215-13, Subcontractor Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications (DEVIATION 2022-O0001).
(End of clause)
(c) In each subcontract that, when entered into, exceeds $2 million, the Contractor shall insert
either—
(1) The substance of this clause, including this paragraph (c), if paragraph (a) of this clause requires submission of certified cost or pricing data for the subcontract; or
(2) The substance of the clause at 52.215-13, Subcontractor Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications (DEVIATION 2022-O0001).