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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 208: Required Sources of Supplies and Services › Subpart 208.4

DFARS 208.405-6 Limiting sources.

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 addresses orders or blanket purchase agreements above the simplified acquisition threshold that are follow-ons to a prior order or BPA for the same supply or service. The prior order or BPA must have been issued based on a limiting sources justification citing the authority at FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(B) or (C). In that situation, the procedures at PGI 208.405-6 must be followed.

Applies to: Orders or blanket purchase agreements exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold that are follow-ons to a prior order or BPA for the same supply or service

What it requires

  • Follow the procedures at PGI 208.405-6.

Key terms: order · blanket purchase agreement (BPA) · simplified acquisition threshold · follow-on · limiting sources justification

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The text

For an order or blanket purchase agreement (BPA) exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold that is a follow-on to an order or BPA for the same supply or service previously issued based on a limiting sources justification citing the authority at FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(B) or (C), follow the procedures at PGI 208.405-6.

Sections it refers to

← 208.405 Ordering procedures for Federal Supply Schedules. · § 208.406 208.406 Ordering activity responsibilities. →

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

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