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      <title class="- topic/title ">
         <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">PGI 215.403-1</ph> Prohibition onobtaining certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. 2306a and 41U.S.C. chapter 35).</title>
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         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(b) <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Exceptions to certified
cost or pricing data requirements</i>. Even if an exception to certified
cost or pricing data applies, the contracting officer is still required
to determine price reasonableness. In order to make this determination,
the contracting officer may require data other than certified cost
or pricing data, including data related to prices and cost data
that would otherwise be defined as certified cost or pricing data
if certified.</p>
         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(c)(3) <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Commercial items</i>. See the
Department of Defense Guidebook for Acquiring Commercial Items, 
               <xref href="https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/cpic/cp/docs/Guidebook_Part_B_Commercial_Item_Pricing_20180126.pdf"
                  format="pdf"
                  scope="external"
                  class="- topic/xref ">Part B: Pricing Commercial
Items</xref>
            , for detailed guidance about techniques and approaches
to pricing commercial products and services.</p>
         <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(4) <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Waivers</i>.</p>
         <p outputclass="List4" class="- topic/p ">(A) <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Exceptional case TINA waiver</i>.</p>
         <p outputclass="List6" class="- topic/p ">(<i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">1</i>) In determining that an exceptional
case TINA waiver is appropriate, the head of the contracting activity must
exercise care to ensure that the supplies or services could not
be obtained without the waiver and that the determination is clearly
documented. 
               <xref href="http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/policy/policyvault/2007-0195-DPAP.pdf"
                  format="pdf"
                  scope="external"
                  class="- topic/xref ">See DPAP March 23, 2007, policy
memorandum</xref>
            . The intent is not to relieve entities that
normally perform Government contracts subject to TINA from an obligation
to certify that cost or pricing data are accurate, complete, and
current. Instead, waivers must be used judiciously, in situations
where the Government could not otherwise obtain a needed item without
a waiver. A prime example would be when a particular company offers
an item that is essential to DoD’s mission but is not available
from other sources, and the company refuses to submit certified
cost or pricing data. In such cases, a waiver may be appropriate.
However, the procuring agency should, in conjunction with the waiver,
develop a strategy for procuring the item in the future that will
not require such a waiver (e.g., develop a second source, develop
an alternative product that satisfies the department’s needs, or
have DoD produce the item).</p>
         <p outputclass="List6" class="- topic/p ">(<i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">2</i>) <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Senior procurement executive
coordination</i>. An exceptional case TINA waiver that exceeds $100
million shall be coordinated with the senior procurement executive
prior to granting the waiver.</p>
         <p outputclass="List6" class="- topic/p ">(<i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">3</i>) <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Waiver for part of a proposal</i>.
The requirement for submission of certified cost or pricing data
may be waived for part of an offeror’s proposed price when it is
possible to clearly identify that part of the offeror’s cost proposal
to which the waiver applies as separate and distinct from the balance
of the proposal. In granting a partial waiver, in addition to complying
with the requirements in DFARS <xref href="215.403-1.dita#DFARS_215.403-1"
                  base="DFARS-215.403-1"
                  outputclass="fm:ParaNumOnly"
                  class="- topic/xref ">215.403-1</xref>(c)(4), the head of
the contracting activity must address why it is in the Government’s
best interests to grant a partial waiver, given that the offeror
has no objection to certifying to the balance of its cost proposal.</p>
         <p outputclass="List6" class="- topic/p ">(<i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">4</i>) <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Waivers for unpriced supplies
or services</i>. Because there is no price, unpriced supplies or
services cannot be subject to cost or pricing data certification
requirements. The Government cannot agree in advance to waive certification
requirements for unpriced supplies or services, and may only consider
a waiver at such time as an offeror proposes a price that would
otherwise be subject to certification requirements.</p>
         <p outputclass="List4" class="- topic/p ">(B) The annual report of waiver of TINA
requirements shall include the following:</p>
         <p class="- topic/p ">Title: Waiver of TINA Requirements</p>
         <p outputclass="List6" class="- topic/p ">(1) Contract number, including modification
number, if applicable, and program name.</p>
         <p outputclass="List6" class="- topic/p ">(2) Contractor name.</p>
         <p outputclass="List6" class="- topic/p ">(3) Contracting activity.</p>
         <p outputclass="List6" class="- topic/p ">(4) Total dollar amount waived.</p>
         <p outputclass="List6" class="- topic/p ">(5) Brief description of why the item(s)
could not be obtained without a waiver. See DPAP March 23, 2007, policy
memorandum.</p>
         <p outputclass="List6" class="- topic/p ">(6) Brief description of the specific steps
taken to ensure price reasonableness.</p>
         <p outputclass="List6" class="- topic/p ">(7) Brief description of the demonstrated
benefits of granting the waiver.</p>
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