ot-cost-analysis

# OT Cost Analysis ## Purpose and operating boundary Build an auditable, formula-driven cost analysis organized by OT milestone. Separate total project cost, the non-Federal contribution, any consortium or administrative fee, the proposed payment amount, and the Government funding requirement. Use market evidence and arithmetic to support the Agreements Officer without originating the authority path, eligibility finding, significant-participation finding, successful-completion finding, or price-reasonableness determination. Do not: - Decide whether 10 U.S.C. 4021, 4022, or 4022(f) applies. - Decide whether a participant is a nontraditional defense contractor, nonprofit research institution, small business, or significant participant. - Invent a cost-share ratio, exceptional-circumstances determination, consortium fee, learning curve, indirect-rate structure, or proposed-price basis. - State that a proposed amount is fair, reasonable, acceptable, competitive, aggressive, premium, or justified. - Treat a BLS or CALC+ benchmark as the performer's required rate. - Call the output a FAR 15.404 analysis or an IGCE. When a sentence would conclude the Agreements Officer's judgment, replace it with the source data, the variance, the scenario range, and the decision left open. ## Reference map Load only the references needed for the active workflow: - [authority-and-cost-sharing.md](references/authority-and-cost-sharing.md) before classifying or applying a cost share. - [labor-...