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DFARS 216.504 Indefinite-quantity contracts.

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 DFARS section addresses how DoD handles the multiple-award preference when planning indefinite-quantity contracts. It gives the senior procurement executive authority to make a determination under FAR 16.504(c)(1)(ii)(D)(1), and it changes the standard for that determination to 'efficiently perform the work' rather than 'reasonably perform the work.' It also states that the congressional notification requirement does not apply to DoD, and that the determination is not needed if a justification has been executed under the cited FAR and DFARS subparts.

Applies to: DoD contracting for indefinite-quantity contracts, including the senior procurement executive

What it requires

  • The senior procurement executive shall determine that expected task or delivery orders are so integrally related that only a single source can efficiently perform the work.

Key terms: indefinite-quantity contracts · multiple award preference · senior procurement executive · task or delivery orders · justification

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

The text

(c) Multiple award preference—(1) Planning the acquisition. (ii)(D)(1) The senior procurement executive has the authority to make the determination authorized in FAR 16.504(c)(1)(ii)(D)(1).

(i) In accordance with 10 U.S.C. 3403(d)(3), when making the determination at FAR 16.504(c)(1)(ii)(D)(1)(i), the senior procurement executive shall determine that the task or delivery orders expected under the contract are so integrally related that only a single source can “efficiently perform the work,” instead of “reasonably perform the work” as required by the FAR.

(2) The congressional notification requirement at FAR 16.504(c)(1)(ii)(D)(2) does not apply to DoD.

(3)(i) In accordance with 10 U.S.C. 3403(d)(3), the determination at FAR 16.504(c)(1)(ii)(D) is not required if a justification has been executed, in accordance with FAR subpart 6.3 and subpart 206.3.

Sections it refers to

  • 16.504 Indefinite-quantity contracts.

← 216.501-2-70 General. · 216.505 Ordering. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 216

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

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