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.
- Type: Clause (C)
- Prescribed in: 15.408(f)(1)
- Effective: Oct 1997
- Primary source: eCFR 48 CFR 52.215-14 · acquisition.gov
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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.