[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 6]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR1852.216-73]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
        CHAPTER 18--NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
Sec. 1852.216-73  Estimated cost and cost sharing.

    As prescribed in 1816.307-70(a), insert the following clause:

               Estimated Cost and Cost Sharing (DEC 1991)

    (a) It is estimated that the total cost of performing the work under 
this contract will be $----------.
    (b) For performance of the work under this contract, the Contractor 
shall be reimbursed for not more than ------ percent of the costs of 
performance determined to be allowable under the Allowable Cost and 
Payment clause. The remaining ------ percent or more of the costs of 
performance so determined shall constitute the Contractor's share, for 
which it will not be reimbursed by the Government.
    (c) For purposes of the -------------- [insert ``Limitation of 
Cost'' or ``Limitation of Funds''] clause, the total estimated cost to 
the Government is hereby established as $-------- (insert estimated 
Government share); this amount is the maximum Government liability.
    (d) The Contractor shall maintain records of all contract costs 
claimed by the Contractor as constituting part of its share. Those 
records shall be subject to audit by the Government. Costs contributed 
by the Contractor shall not be charged to the Government under any other 
grant, contract, or agreement (including allocation to other grants, 
contracts, or agreements as part of an independent research and 
development program).

                             (End of clause)

[62 FR 3484, Jan. 23, 1997]