---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 615.404-4"
title: "48"
number: "615.404-4"
heading: "Profit."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/615.404-4"
---

# §615.404-4. Profit.

- (b)
  - (2) It is the Department's policy to use the structured approach for profit/fee analysis contained in the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) FAR Supplement (see [48 CFR chapter 3](/cfr/48/ch3.md)), for acquisitions awarded by domestic contracting activities and RPSOs. This document may be accessed from A/OPE's Acquisition Web site (see 601.105-3). Contracting officers shall follow these procedures. HHS Form 674, Structured Approach Profit/Fee Objective, or an equivalent form, may be used to document the profit/fee analysis. If more than one pre-negotiation cost objective is developed (e.g., high and low), a separate form should be completed for each. The contracting officer shall ensure that a written explanation is attached to the form justifying the weights chosen for each cost category or factor. This approach considers the factors outlined in FAR 15.404-4(d).
- (c)
  - (4)
    - (i)
      - (B) In accordance with a delegation from OBO, overseas posts may request a waiver from A/OPE if post is unable to negotiate a price for architect-engineer services within the six percent price limitation. To obtain a waiver, the contracting officer must send the following information to A/OPE:

        (1) Description of project;

        (2) Estimated dollar amount, with cost breakdown; and,

        (3) Description of negotiation efforts.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 80 FR 6920, Feb. 9, 2015, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2651a, 40 U.S.C. 121(c) and 48 CFR chapter 1.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 43623, Aug. 11, 1999, unless otherwise noted.