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FAR 13.303-4 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 clauses to include in a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA). It also clarifies that when a clause prescription has a dollar threshold, the threshold is compared against the amount of each individual order under the BPA, not the BPA as a whole.

Applies to: Contracting officers issuing or administering BPAs

What it requires

  • Insert in each BPA the clauses prescribed elsewhere in this part that are required for or applicable to that BPA
  • Compare any dollar threshold in a clause prescription to the amount of the particular order under the BPA, unless the prescription says otherwise

Key terms: BPA · clause prescription · dollar threshold · order

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 in each BPA the clauses prescribed elsewhere in this part that are required for or applicable to the particular BPA.

(b) Unless a clause prescription specifies otherwise (e.g., see 22.305(a), 22.605(a)(5), or 22.1006), if the prescription includes a dollar threshold, the amount to be compared to that threshold is that of any particular order under the BPA.

Sections it refers to

  • 22.305 Contract clause.
  • 22.605 Rulings and interpretations of the statute.
  • 22.1006 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

← 13.303-3 Preparation of BPAs. · 13.303-5 Purchases under BPAs. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 13

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

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