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FAR 13.303-6 Review procedures.

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 requires contracting officers to review Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) files and the BPAs themselves at least annually. It also requires the contracting officer who established the BPA to stay aware of market changes that might require new or modified supplier arrangements. If another office is authorized to buy under the BPA, its agency must ensure the review procedures are followed.

Applies to: Contracting officers and agencies using or overseeing Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs)

What it requires

  • Review a sufficient random sample of BPA files at least annually to ensure authorized procedures are followed
  • Ensure each BPA is reviewed at least annually and updated if necessary
  • Maintain awareness of changes in market conditions, sources of supply, and other pertinent factors
  • If another office is authorized to purchase under the BPA, its agency must ensure the review procedures are followed

Key terms: Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) · contracting officer · random sample · market conditions · sources of supply

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

The text

(a) The contracting officer placing orders under a BPA, or the designated representative of the contracting officer, shall review a sufficient random sample of the BPA files at least annually to ensure that authorized procedures are being followed.

(b) The contracting officer that entered into the BPA shall—

(1) Ensure that each BPA is reviewed at least annually and, if necessary, updated at that time; and

(2) Maintain awareness of changes in market conditions, sources of supply, and other pertinent factors that may warrant making new arrangements with different suppliers or modifying existing arrangements.

(c) If an office other than the purchasing office that established a BPA is authorized to make purchases under that BPA, the agency that has jurisdiction over the office authorized to make the purchases shall ensure that the procedures in paragraph (a) of this subsection are being followed.

← 13.303-5 Purchases under BPAs. · 13.303-7 Completion of 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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