[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 48CFR36.203]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

 

PART 36_CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS--Table of Contents

 

      Subpart 36.2_Special Aspects of Contracting for Construction

 

Sec. 36.203  Government estimate of construction costs.



    (a) An independent Government estimate of construction costs shall 

be prepared and furnished to the contracting officer at the earliest 

practicable time for each proposed contract and for each contract 

modification anticipated to cost $100,000 or more. The contracting 

officer may require an estimate when the cost of required work is 

anticipated to be less than $100,000. The estimate shall be prepared in 

as much detail as though the Government were competing for award.

    (b) When two-step sealed bidding is used, the independent Government 

estimate shall be prepared when the contract requirements are 

definitized.

    (c) Access to information concerning the Government estimate shall 

be limited to Government personnel whose official duties require 

knowledge of the estimate. An exception to this rule may be made during 

contract negotiations to allow the contracting officer to identify a 

specialized task and disclose the associated cost breakdown figures in 

the Government estimate, but only to the extent deemed necessary to 

arrive at a fair and reasonable price. The overall amount of the 

Government's estimate shall not be disclosed except as permitted by 

agency regulations.



[48 FR 42356, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 50 FR 1744, Jan. 11, 1985; 

50 FR 52429, Dec. 23, 1985; 62 FR 44829, Aug. 22, 1997]