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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 19: Small Business Programs › Subpart 19.8

FAR 19.804-4 Repetitive acquisitions.

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 says that when the government buys the same thing repeatedly through the 8(a) program, each acquisition must have its own separate offer and acceptance. This matters because it lets the SBA review each repetitive buy before it is awarded through the program.

Applies to: Repetitive acquisitions awarded through the 8(a) program

What it requires

  • Provide separate offers and acceptances for repetitive acquisitions awarded through the 8(a) program

Key terms: repetitive acquisitions · 8(a) program · separate offers and acceptances · SBA · competitive 8(a) award

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

The text

In order for repetitive acquisitions to be awarded through the 8(a) program, there must be separate offers and acceptances. This allows the SBA to determine—

(a) Whether the requirement should be a competitive 8(a) award;

(b) A nominated 8(a) participant's eligibility, and whether or not it is the same 8(a) participant that performed the previous contract;

(c) The effect that contract award would have on the equitable distribution of 8(a) contracts; and

(d) Whether the requirement should continue under the 8(a) program.

← 19.804-3 SBA acceptance. · 19.804-5 Basic ordering agreements and blanket purchase agreements. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 19

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

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