Clause

52.215-14_Alternate I Integrity of Unit Prices.

(a) Any proposal submitted for the negotiation of prices for items of supplies shall distribute costs within contracts on a basis that ensures that unit prices are in proportion to the items' base cost (e.g., manufacturing or acquisition costs). Any method of distributing costs to line items that distorts unit prices shall not be used. For example, distributing costs equally among line items is not acceptable except when there is little or no variation in base cost. Nothing in this paragraph requires submission of certified cost or pricing data not otherwise required by law or regulation.

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This is Alternate I of clause 52.215-14; the Alternate text sits inside the same eCFR section as the base clause.

Applicability in the matrix

Contract types for 52.215-14_Alternate I as published in the Smart Matrix
IBRYes Incorporated by reference
UCFI
FP SUPA As prescribed
CR SUPA As prescribed
FP R&DA As prescribed
CR R&DA As prescribed
FP SVCA As prescribed
CR SVCA As prescribed
T&M LHA As prescribed
LMVA As prescribed
COM SVCA As prescribed
DDRA As prescribed
FACA As prescribed
IND DELA As prescribed
TRNA As prescribed

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