Instructions on how to search in FPDS for CAS clause
Instructions on how to search in FPDS for CAS clause
Summary
A how-to procedure for searching the Federal Procurement Data System (via SAM.gov Ad Hoc Reports) for the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) clause. It builds on the updated OT Guide (July 2023, page 36), which suggests an Agreements Officer can run an FPDS report against the CAS clause code to help validate an entity's nontraditional defense contractor (NDC) status over the 12 months preceding a solicitation. The document walks step by step through building and exporting the report and notes its limitation (it captures prime awards, not CAS-flowed-down subcontracts). Relevant to NDC-status determination, a threshold eligibility question for prototype OTs.