---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 15.403-5"
title: "48"
number: "15.403-5"
heading: "Instructions for submission of certified cost or pricing data and data other than certified cost or pricing data."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/15.403-5"
---

# §15.403-5. Instructions for submission of certified cost or pricing data and data other than certified cost or pricing data.

- (a) Taking into consideration the policy at 15.402, the contracting officer shall specify in the solicitation (see 15.408 (l) and (m))—
  - (1) Whether certified cost or pricing data are required;
  - (2) That, in lieu of submitting certified cost or pricing data, the offeror may submit a request for exception from the requirement to submit certified cost or pricing data;
  - (3) Any requirement for data other than certified cost or pricing data; and
  - (4) **The requirement for necessary preaward or postaward access to offeror's records.**
- (b)
  - (1) **Format for submission of certified cost or pricing data.** When certification is required, the contracting officer may require submission of certified cost or pricing data in the format indicated in Table 15-2 of 15.408, specify an alternative format, or permit submission in the contractor's format (See 15.408(l)(1)), unless the data are required to be submitted on one of the termination forms specified in [subpart 49.6](/cfr/48/subpart49.6.md).
  - (2) **Format for submission of data other than certified cost or pricing data.** When required by the contracting officer, data other than certified cost or pricing data may be submitted in the offeror's own format unless the contracting officer decides that use of a specific format is essential for evaluating and determining that the price is fair and reasonable and the format has been described in the solicitation.
  - (3) **Format for submission of data supporting forward pricing rate agreements.** Data supporting forward pricing rate agreements or final indirect cost proposals shall be submitted in a form acceptable to the contracting officer.

## Notes

### Amendments

[75 FR 53145, Aug. 30, 2010]

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 51230, Sept. 30, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[75 FR 53145, Aug. 30, 2010]