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10 U.S.C. § 8752 — Contracts for research

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The Navy can make research contracts without competitive bidding, and contractors do not have to post a bond. The Navy cannot pay contractors a fee that is a percentage of costs.

(a) The Secretary of the Navy, and the Chief of Naval Research and bureau chiefs the Secretary directs, may make research contracts — or amend or modify them — for services and materials needed to do research or produce reports, tests, models, or equipment, without having to advertise for bids first. A contractor doing this work does not have to post a bond. (b) This section does not allow using a "cost-plus-a-percentage-of-cost" contract, where the contractor's fee is set as a percentage of costs.
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(a)

The Secretary of the Navy and, by direction of the Secretary, the Chief of Naval Research and the chiefs of bureaus may, without advertising, make contracts or amendments or modifications of contracts for services and materials necessary to conduct research and to make or secure reports, tests, models, or apparatus. A contractor supplying such services or materials need not be required to furnish a bond.

(b)

This section does not authorize the use of the cost-plus-a-percentage-of-cost system of contracting.

Source credit: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 464, § 7522; Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 513(38), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2934; Pub. L. 97–258, § 3(b)(9), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1064; Pub. L. 98–525, title XIV, § 1405(56)(B), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2626; Pub. L. 103–355, title II, § 2001(j)(2), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3303; renumbered § 8752, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(7), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1956Enacted · Act of Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
  • 1980Amended · Pub. L. 96-513 · 94 Stat. 2934
  • 1982Amended · Pub. L. 97-258 · 96 Stat. 1064
  • 1984Amended · Pub. L. 98-525 · 98 Stat. 2626
  • 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-355 · 108 Stat. 3303
  • 2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-232 · 132 Stat. 1836

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 1041 on 1956-08-10.

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