{"data":{"id":"us/48-cfr-16.303","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"48 CFR 16.303","heading":"16.303 Cost-sharing contracts.","body":"(a) Description. A cost-sharing contract is a cost-reimbursement contract in which the contractor receives no fee and is reimbursed only for an agreed-upon portion of its allowable costs.\n(b) Application. A cost-sharing contract may be used when the contractor agrees to absorb a portion of the costs, in the expectation of substantial compensating benefits.\n(c) Limitations. See 16.301-3.","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 16.3—Cost-Reimbursement 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":"32ac73af2446ab03acc8b54d952135bdea77c3ec4b3a2bdf916dd0b671003317","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/48-cfr-16.302","next":"us/48-cfr-16.304"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}