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FAR 11.703 Contract clauses.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This section tells contracting officers which quantity-variation clauses to include in certain fixed-price solicitations and contracts. It matters to contractors because it determines whether a contract may allow quantities to vary and how excess quantities are handled.

Applies to: Contracting officers and contractors on fixed-price supply, service, or construction contracts

Key terms: Variation in Quantity · Delivery of Excess Quantities · Variation in Estimated Quantity · fixed-price contracts · unit-priced items

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

(a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.211-16, Variation in Quantity, in solicitations and contracts, if authorizing a variation in quantity in fixed-price contracts for supplies or for services that involve the furnishing of supplies.

(b) The contracting officer may insert the clause at 52.211-17, Delivery of Excess Quantities, in solicitations and contracts, when a fixed-price supply contract is contemplated.

(c) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.211-18, Variation in Estimated Quantity, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract is contemplated that authorizes a variation in the estimated quantity of unit-priced items.

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 11.702 Construction contracts. · 11.801 Preaward in-use evaluation. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 11

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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