FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 14: Sealed Bidding › Subpart 14.2
FAR 14.212 Economic purchase quantities (supplies).
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 that when buying supplies, they must follow the economic purchase quantity planning rules in subpart 7.2. It points them to specific instructions for using the provision at 52.207-4 and for handling contractor responses to it.
Applies to: Contracting officers buying supplies
What it requires
- Comply with the economic purchase quantity planning requirements for supplies in subpart 7.2
Key terms: economic purchase quantity · supplies · contracting officers · provision · subpart 7.2
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The text
Contracting officers shall comply with the economic purchase quantity planning requirements for supplies in subpart 7.2. See 7.203 for instructions regarding use of the provision at 52.207-4, Economic Purchase Quantity—Supplies, and 7.204 for guidance on handling responses to that provision.
← 14.211 Release of acquisition information. · 14.213-14.214 [Reserved] →
Rule changes for FAR Part 14
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 14, 28, 36, and 52 ↗ · proposed 2026-09-18 · comments due 2026-10-19
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.