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         <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">236.606-70</ph> Statutory fee limitation.</title>
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         <p id="ZAGNAe" outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(a) The statutes at10 U.S.C. 7540, 8612, and 9540, for the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, respectively, limit the contract price (or fee) for architect-engineer services for the preparation of designs, plans, drawings, and specifications to 10 percent of the project's estimated construction cost.</p>
         <p id="XPwOAw" outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(b) The 10 percent limit also applies to contract modifications, including modifications involving—</p>
         <p id="gVQMVk" outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(1) Work not initially included in the contract; apply the 10 percent limit to the revised total estimated construction cost; and</p>
         <p id="JeiOwj" outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(2) Redesign work; apply the 10 percent limit by—</p>
         <p id="MLlEoq" outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">(i) Adding the estimated construction cost of the redesign features to the original estimated construction cost;</p>
         <p id="RKXhfi" outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">(ii) Adding the contract cost for the original design to the contract cost for redesign; and</p>
         <p id="pOqxaD" outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">(iii) Dividing the total contract design cost by the total estimated construction cost. The resulting percentage may not exceed the 10 percent statutory limitation.</p>
         <p id="AwcQyM" outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(c) The 10 percent limit applies only to that portion of the contract (or modification) price attributable to the preparation of designs, plans, drawings, and specifications. If a contract or modification also includes other services, the part of the price attributable to the other services is not subject to the 10 percent limit.</p>
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