{"data":{"id":"us/48-cfr-1852.216-85","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"48 CFR 1852.216-85","heading":"1852.216-85 Estimated cost and award fee.","body":"As prescribed in 1816.406-70(e), insert the following clause:\nEstimated Cost and Award Fee (SEP 1993)\nThe estimated cost of this contract is $______. The maximum available award fee, excluding base fee, if any, is $______. The base fee is $______. Total estimated cost, base fee, and maximum award fee are $______.\n(End of clause)\nAlternate I (SEP 1993). As prescribed in 1816.405-70(e), insert the following sentence at the end of the clause:\nThe maximum positive performance incentive is $______. The maximum negative performance incentive is (1).\n(1) For research development hardware contracts, insert [equal to total earned award fee (including any base fee)]. For production hardware contracts, insert [$total potential award fee amount, including any base fee)].\n(End of clause)","path":["Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System","CHAPTER 18—NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION","SUBCHAPTER H—CLAUSES AND FORMS","PART 1852—SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES","Subpart 1852.2—Texts of Provisions and Clauses"],"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":"b7812bd3280b9c19afee6555e02524c203c406fb83f33333bc979cb886e8ff50","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/48-cfr-1852.216-84","next":"us/48-cfr-1852.216-87"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}