{"data":{"id":"us/48-cfr-16.203-3","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"48 CFR 16.203-3","heading":"16.203-3 Limitations.","body":"A fixed-price contract with economic price adjustment shall not be used unless the contracting officer determines that it is necessary either to protect the contractor and the Government against significant fluctuations in labor or material costs or to provide for contract price adjustment in the event of changes in the contractor's established prices.","path":["Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System","CHAPTER 1—FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION","SUBCHAPTER C—CONTRACTING METHODS AND CONTRACT TYPES","PART 16—TYPES OF CONTRACTS","Subpart 16.2—Fixed-Price Contracts"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-48.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:29Z","sha256":"6c6f643fdab0d9035cc2ac34ade50e49a7438bd7e4866b8e95dee2d3ab228fef","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/48-cfr-16.203-2","next":"us/48-cfr-16.203-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}