52.216-2 Economic Price AdjustmentStandard Supplies.

As prescribed in 16.203-4(a), insert the following clause:

Economic Price Adjustment-Standard Supplies (Nov 2021)

(a) The Contractor warrants that the unit price stated in the Schedule for ____________ [offeror insert

Schedule line item number] is not in excess of the Contractor’s applicable established price in effect

on the contract date for like quantities of the same item. The term "unit price" excludes any part of

the price directly resulting from requirements for preservation, packaging, or packing beyond

standard commercial practice. The term "established price" means a price that-

(1) Is an established catalog or market price for a commercial product sold in substantial quantities

to the general public; and

(2) Is the net price after applying any standard trade discounts offered by the Contractor.

(b) The Contractor shall promptly notify the Contracting Officer of the amount and effective date of

each decrease in any applicable established price. Each corresponding contract unit price shall be

decreased by the same percentage that the established price is decreased. The decrease shall apply

to those items delivered on and after the effective date of the decrease in the Contractor’s

established price, and this contract shall be modified accordingly.

(c) If the Contractor’s applicable established price is increased after the contract date, the

corresponding contract unit price shall be increased, upon the Contractor’s written request to the

Contracting Officer, by the same percentage that the established price is increased, and the contract

shall be modified accordingly, subject to the following limitations:

(1) The aggregate of the increases in any contract unit price under this clause shall not exceed 10

percent of the original contract unit price.

(2) The increased contract unit price shall be effective-

(i) On the effective date of the increase in the applicable established price if the Contracting Officer

receives the Contractor’s written request within 10 days thereafter; or

(ii) If the written request is received later, on the date the Contracting Officer receives the request.

(3) The increased contract unit price shall not apply to quantities scheduled under the contract for

delivery before the effective date of the increased contract unit price, unless failure to deliver before

that date results from causes beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of the

Contractor, within the meaning of the Default clause.

(4) No modification increasing a contract unit price shall be executed under this paragraph (c) until

the Contracting Officer verifies the increase in the applicable established price.

(5) Within 30 days after receipt of the Contractor’s written request, the Contracting Officer may

cancel, without liability to either party, any undelivered portion of the contract items affected by the

requested increase.
(d) During the time allowed for the cancellation provided for in paragraph (c)(5) of this clause, and

thereafter if there is no cancellation, the Contractor shall continue deliveries according to the

contract delivery schedule, and the Government shall pay for such deliveries at the contract unit

price, increased to the extent provided by paragraph (c) of this clause.

(End of clause)

Parent topic: 52.216 [Reserved]