[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR16.301-2]

[Page 300]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 16--TYPES OF CONTRACTS--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart 16.3--Cost-Reimbursement Contracts
 
Sec. 16.301-2  Application.

    Cost-reimbursement contracts are suitable for use only when 
uncertainties involved in contract performance do not permit costs to be 
estimated with sufficient accuracy to use any type of fixed-price 
contract.