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FAR 19.804-5 Basic ordering agreements and blanket purchase agreements.

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 explains how the 8(a) program rules apply to individual orders placed under a basic ordering agreement (BOA) or blanket purchase agreement (BPA). Each order needs its own offering letter and SBA acceptance, not just the agreement itself, and SBA will not accept orders that push total orders past the competitive threshold or that come after the participant leaves the 8(a) program or becomes other than small.

Applies to: Contracting offices and 8(a) participants using BOAs or BPAs

What it requires

  • Submit an offering letter for each order under a BOA or BPA issued under part 13
  • Obtain SBA acceptance for each such order, in addition to the BOA or BPA itself

Key terms: basic ordering agreement (BOA) · blanket purchase agreement (BPA) · offering letter · competitive threshold amount · 8(a) participant

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

The text

(a) The contracting office shall submit an offering letter for, and SBA must accept, each order under a basic ordering agreement (BOA) or a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) issued under part 13 (see 13.303), in addition to the agency offering and SBA accepting the BOA or BPA itself.

(b) SBA will not accept for award on a sole-source basis any order that would cause the total dollar amount of orders issued under a specific BOA or BPA to exceed the competitive threshold amount in 19.805-1.

(c) Once an 8(a) participant's program term expires, the participant otherwise exits the 8(a) program, or becomes other than small for the NAICS code assigned under the BOA or the BPA, SBA will not accept new orders under the BOA or BPA for the participant.

Sections it refers to

← 19.804-4 Repetitive acquisitions. · 19.804-6 Indefinite-delivery contracts. →

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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