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 Contractor's plants, or parts of them, engaged in performing the contract
(b) Cost or pricing data. If, pursuant to law, the Contractor has
been required to submit cost or pricing data in connection with pricing
this contract or any modification to this contract, the Contracting Officer
or representatives of the Contracting Officer who are employees of the
Government shall have the right to examine and audit all of the
Contractor's books, records, documents, and other data, regardless of form
(e.g., machine readable media such as disk, tape, etc.1 or type (e.g., data
bases, applications software, data base management software, utilities,
etc.), including computations and projections, related to proposing,
negotiating, pricing, or performing the contract or modification, in order
to evaluate the accuracy, completeness, and currency of the cost or pricing
data. The right of examination shall extend to all documents necessary to
permit adequate evaluation of the cost or pricing data submitted, along
with the computations and projections used.
(c) Reports. If the Contractor is required to furnish cost, funding,
or performance reports, the Contracting Officer or representatives of the
Contracting Officer who are employees of the Government shall have the
right to examine and audit books, records, other documents, and supporting
materials, for the purpose of evaluating (1) the effectiveness of the
Contractor's policies and procedures to produce data compatible with the
objectives of these reports and (2) the data reported.
(d) Availability. The Contractor shall make available at its office
at all reasonable times the materials described in paragraphs (a) and (b),
above, for examination, audit, or reproduction, until 3 years after final
payment under this contract, or for any shorter period specified in Subpart
4.7, Contractor Records Retention, of the Federal Acquisition Regulation
(FAR), or for any longer period required by statute or by other clauses of
this contract. In addition--
(1) If this contract is completely or partially terminated, the
records relating to the work terminated shall be made available for 3 years
after any resulting final termination settlement; and
(2) Records relating to appeals under the Disputes clause or to
litigation or the settlement of claims arising under or relating to this
contract shall be made available until such appeals, litigation, or claims
are disposed of.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in FAR Subpart 4.7, Contractor
Records Retention, the Contractor may transfer computer data in machine
readable form from one reliable computer medium to another. The
Contractor's computer data retention and transfer procedures shall maintain
the integrity, reliability, and security of the original data. The
contractor's choice of form or type of materials described in paragraphs
(a), (b), and (c) of this clause affects neither the Contractor's
obligations nor the Government's rights under this clause.
(f) The Contractor shall insert a clause containing all the terms of
this clause, including this paragraph (f), in all subcontracts under this
contract that are over the small purchase limitation in FAR Part 13,
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