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GSA’s 8(a) STARS III Pricing Tool allows users to view maximum labor hour ceiling rates for 8(a) STARS III industry partners. This self-service tool allows acquisition personnel to quickly perform market research to make better business decisions. Users have the ability to:
The maximum hourly labor rates in the 8(a) STARS III Pricing Tool:
The description for each 8(a) STARS III labor category can be found within attachment J-2 of the 8(a) STARS III Contract. Locality differentials for work performed outside the Washington-Baltimore-
Refer to FAR 15.4 and apply the proposal analysis techniques from FAR 15.404-1 befitting the acquisition plan for your order. If you provide for adequate price competition for competed orders, generally you do not need any more price or cost detail to determine pricing resulting from a competition from comparable offerors for the same requirements to be fair and reasonable.
All 8(a) STARS III contracts provide for an annual price escalation of 2.06%; so awarded labor rates beyond contract year 5 can be calculated using that rate. Before exercising the Master Contract option, the Government will calculate and apply an updated annual escalation rate for contract years 6 through 13 as allowed by section B.13 of the master contract and labor rates published in the 8(a) STARS III Pricing Tool will be updated accordingly. Agency contracting officers are not required to perform re-determinations or apply escalated rates retroactively to task orders awarded before July 1, 2026 unless the terms and conditions of the task order specifically provide for such retroactive actions.
The Department of State’s Office of Allowances publishes reports that will help you price work to be performed abroad, including:
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Rates for Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories and possessions are set by the Department of Defense.
Rates for foreign countries are set by the Department of State.
Rates are available between 10/1/2022 and 09/30/2025.
The End Date of your trip can not occur before the Start Date.
Traveler reimbursement is based on the location of the work activities and not the accommodations, unless lodging is not available at the work activity, then the agency may authorize the rate where lodging is obtained.
Unless otherwise specified, the per diem locality is defined as "all locations within, or entirely surrounded by, the corporate limits of the key city, including independent entities located within those boundaries."
Per diem localities with county definitions shall include"all locations within, or entirely surrounded by, the corporate limits of the key city as well as the boundaries of the listed counties, including independent entities located within the boundaries of the key city and the listed counties (unless otherwise listed separately)."
When a military installation or Government - related facility(whether or not specifically named) is located partially within more than one city or county boundary, the applicable per diem rate for the entire installation or facility is the higher of the rates which apply to the cities and / or counties, even though part(s) of such activities may be located outside the defined per diem locality.