---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 16.302"
title: "48"
number: "16.302"
heading: "Cost contracts."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/16.302"
---

# §16.302. Cost contracts.

- (a) **Description.** A cost contract is a cost-reimbursement contract in which the contractor receives no fee.
- (b) **Application.** A cost contract may be appropriate for research and development work, particularly with nonprofit educational institutions or other nonprofit organizations.
- (c) **Limitations.** See 16.301-3.

## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 42219, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 72 FR 27384, May 15, 2007]

### 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: 48 FR 42219, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[48 FR 42219, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 72 FR 27384, May 15, 2007]