Code of Federal Regulations Title 48. Federal Acquisition Regulations System 48.232.072-3 Cash flow forecasts

(1) Show the origin and use of all material amounts of cash within the entire business unit responsible for contract performance, period by period, for the length of the contract (or until the risk of a cash crisis ends);  and

(2) Provide an audit trail to the data and assumptions used to prepare it.

(1) Estimated amounts and timing of purchases and payments for materials, parts, components, subassemblies, and services;

(2) Estimated amounts and timing of payments of purchase or production of capital assets, test facilities, and tooling;

(3) Amounts and timing of fixed cash charges such as debt installments, interest, rentals, taxes, and indirect costs;

(4) Estimated amounts and timing of payments for projected labor, both direct and indirect;

(5) Reasonableness of projected manufacturing and production schedules;

(6) Estimated amounts and timing of billings to customers (including progress payments), and customer payments;

(7) Estimated amounts and timing of cash receipts from lenders or other credit sources, and liquidation of loans;  and

(8) Estimated amount and timing of cash receipt from other sources.

(1) The contractor;

(2) Government personnel in the areas of finance, engineering, production, cost, and price analysis;  or

(3) Prospective supply, subcontract, and loan or credit sources.