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CEILING PRICE CONTRACT [5 records]

Record 1 2010-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Government Contracts
CONT

The maximum-price contract, often placed non-competitively, sets a ceiling price; the final price is settled on the basis of actual cost plus an agreed profit.

CONT

for "guaranteed-maximum-price contract" : A cost-plus-fixed-fee contract or a cost-plus-percentage-fee contract which provides for a maximum total price of cost and fee, beyond which the owner need not pay (...) If the cost and fee together amount to less than the maximum price, the owner saves the difference. This type of contract may also provide for sharing of savings and excess cost.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Marchés publics
CONT

(...) il est possible de combiner marché à forfait et marché au métré. C'est le marché au maximum dans lequel les travaux doivent être payés au métré comme dans le marché du même nom, mais sans que le prix puisse excéder un certain chiffre, comme dans le marché à forfait.

Key term(s)
  • contrat au maximum

Spanish

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Record 2 2009-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Contracts
OBS

ceiling price contract : extracted from the Standard Acquisition Clauses and Conditions(SACC) Manual, produced by Public Works and Government Services Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Marchés publics
OBS

contrat à prix plafond : extrait du Guide des clauses et conditions uniformisées d'achat (CCUA) de Travaux publics et Services gouvernementaux Canada.

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Market Prices
  • Marketing
CONT

The price for the work required to be delivered pursuant to this contract is considered a ceiling price...

OBS

As opposed to "floor price".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prix (Commercialisation)
  • Commercialisation
DEF

Prix maximal demandé pour une marchandise ou un service.

CONT

Le prix contractuel des travaux à réaliser conformément à ce contrat est considéré comme un prix plafond [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Precios (Comercialización)
  • Comercialización
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Record 4 2002-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
CONT

All rates in fiscal years 1998-1999 through 2000-2001 are subject to adjustment on each anniversary date of the contract award date to a maximum upward ceiling equal to the increase in the Consumer Price Index(CPI) over the previous calendar year.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
CONT

Tous les tarifs des exercices financiers 1998-1999 à 2000-2001 peuvent être rajustés à chaque date anniversaire de l'attribution du marché, jusqu'à concurrence d'un plafond maximum à la hausse égal à l'augmentation de l'Indice des prix à la consommation (IPC) au cours de l'année civile précédente.

Spanish

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Record 5 1983-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade
  • Government Contracts
  • Market Prices
OBS

A claim made by a contractor to the Crown in respect of a firm price or ceiling price contract where a financial loss has been or, in exceptional cases, will be sustained in the fulfillment of said contract and said losses are a direct result of circumstances beyond the control of the contractor or the Crown.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce
  • Marchés publics
  • Prix (Commercialisation)
OBS

Demande d'un adjudicataire adressée à la Couronne au sujet d'un contrat à prix ferme (forfait) ou à prix plafond en cas de pertes financières subies ou,dans des cas exceptionnels, anticipées dans l'exécution dudit contrat et résultant directement de circonstances indépendantes de la volonté de l'adjudicataire ou de la Couronne.

Spanish

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