Cost-Reimbursable Contract. Back in 2011, we issued Engineering Changes and the Contractor responded with Proposals. The ECPs (along with Proposal preparation costs) were negotiated and contract modifications were subsequently issued. The technical effort was added to a CLIN. And, the proposal preparation costs were added to a separate CLIN — a CLIN created specifically for the purpose of proposal preparation (3020 funds).
Just recently, the Contractor comes back and sends us a proposal for “overrun” costs attributable to proposal preparation only (relative to the ECPs in 2011). They updated the amount of actuals incurred — 6 years later! A weak justification was provided (i.e., cost overrun due to proposal preparation and negotiations).
I believe their request is unreasonable because it is untimely. I want to deny their request but I seem to be in the minority with my teammates. Any thoughts? Do I need a reality check?