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   <concept id="DFARS_215.403-3" class="- topic/topic concept/concept ">
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         <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">215.403-3</ph> Requiring data other than certified cost or pricing data.</title>
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         <p class="- topic/p ">Follow the procedures at PGI 
               <xref href="PGI_215.403-3.dita#DFARS_PGI_215.403-3"
                  base="DFARS-PGI_PGI_215.403-3"
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                  class="- topic/xref "
                  xtrc="215.403-3">215.403-3</xref>
            .</p>
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            <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(a) In accordance with 
                  <xref href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/10/3705"
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                     scope="external"
                     class="- topic/xref ">10 U.S.C. 3705</xref>
               —</p>
            <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(1) Contracting officers shall not determine the price of a contract or subcontract to be fair and reasonable based solely on historical prices paid by the Government (see <xref href="PGI_215.403-3.dita#DFARS_PGI_215.403-3"
                     outputclass="fm:TEXT"
                     class="- topic/xref ">PGI 215.403-3 Requiring data other than certified cost or pricing data.</xref>(4)); and</p>
            <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(4) In lieu of the factors for consideration listed in FAR 15.403-3(a)(4), a determination by the head of the contracting activity (see <xref href="PGI_215.403-3.dita#DFARS_PGI_215.403-3"
                     outputclass="fm:TEXT"
                     class="- topic/xref ">PGI 215.403-3 Requiring data other than certified cost or pricing data.</xref>(7)) that it is in the best interest of the Government to make the award to an offeror that does not make a good faith effort to comply with a reasonable request to submit data other than certified cost or pricing data shall be based on consideration of pertinent factors, including the following:</p>
            <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">(i) The effort to obtain the data.</p>
            <p id="p-" outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">(ii) Availability of other sources of supply of the item or service.</p>
            <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">(iii) The urgency or criticality of the Government's need for the item or service.</p>
            <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">(iv) Reasonableness of the price of the contract, subcontract, or modification of the contract or subcontract based on information available to the contracting officer.</p>
            <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">(v) Rationale or justification made by the offeror for not providing the requested data. </p>
            <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">(vi) Risk to the Government if award is not made.</p>
         </p>
         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(c) <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Commercial products or commercial services.</i> For determinations of price reasonableness of major weapon systems acquired as commercial products, see <xref outputclass="fm:ParaNumOnly"
                  class="- topic/xref "
                  base="DFARS-234.7002"
                  href="234.7002.dita#DFARS_234.7002"
                  xtrc="234.7002">234.7002</xref>(e).</p>
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