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2-18.13 Clauses and Provisions

Clause B-3: Contract Type.

Clause B-9: Claims and Disputes.

  1. Paragraph i. of Clause 4-1: General Terms and Conditions, discusses standard Postal Service payment terms. When necessary, purchase teams may replace paragraph with Clause 2-26: Payment — Fixed Price. All fixed-price incentive contracts must also include Clause 2-27: Incentive Price Revision, filled in.
  2. Fixed-price contracts providing for economic price adjustments based on actual costs of labor or materials must include Clause 2-28: Economic Price Adjustment — Labor and Materials.
  3. Fixed-price contracts providing for economic price adjustments based on cost indexes of labor or materials must include Clause 2-29: Economic Price Adjustment (Index Method), and an adjustment formula.

The following clauses must be contained in all cost-reimbursement contracts:

Clause 2-30: Allowable Cost and Payment

Clause 2-31: Limitation of Cost (if the contract is fully funded) or

Clause 2-32: Limitation of Funds (if the contract is funded in increments).

  1. Cost contracts must include Clause 2-33: Cost Contract — No Fee.
  2. Cost-sharing contracts must include Clause 2-34: Cost-Sharing Contract — No Fee.
  3. Cost plus incentive-fee contracts must include Clause 2-35: Incentive Fee.
  4. Cost plus fixed-fee contracts must include Clause 2-36: Fixed Fee.
  5. Cost plus award-fee contracts must include Clause 2-37: Award Fee.

The following clauses must be contained in all time-and-materials and labor-hour contracts:

Clause 2-38: Payment (Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts).

The following clauses must be contained in all delivery-order, task-order, and definite-order contracts:

Clause 2-39: Ordering.

Clause 2-40: Delivery-Order Limitations.

The following clause must be contained in all definite-quantity contracts:

Clause 2-41: Definite Quantity.

The following clause must be contained in all indefinite-quantity contracts:

Clause 2-42: Indefinite Quantity.

The following clause must be contained in all requirements contracts:

Clause 2-43: Requirements.

The following clauses must be contained in all letter contracts:

Clause 2-44: Contract Definitization.

Clause 2-45: Execution and Commencement of Work.

Clause 2-46: Limitation of Postal Service Liability.

Clause 2-47: Payment of Allowable Costs Before Definitization.

Provision 2-9: Accounting System Guidelines — Cost Type Contracts.

Provision 4-1: Standard Solicitation Provisions (paragraph f., type of contract).




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