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FAR 52.207-4 Economic Purchase Quantity—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 provision invites offerors to give their opinion on whether the quantities requested in the solicitation are economically advantageous to the Government. Offerors who think different quantities would be better may recommend an economic purchase quantity, which is the quantity where a significant price break occurs. The Government uses this input to avoid disadvantageous quantities and to build a database for future acquisitions, but it may still amend or cancel the solicitation and resolicit.

Applies to: Offerors responding to solicitations for supplies

What it requires

  • If recommending a different quantity, quote a total and a unit price for applicable items

Key terms: economic purchase quantity · significant price break · offeror · solicitation

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

The text

As prescribed in 7.203, insert the following provision:

Economic Purchase Quantity—Supplies (AUG 1987)

(a) Offerors are invited to state an opinion on whether the quantity(ies) of supplies on which bids, proposals or quotes are requested in this solicitation is (are) economically advantageous to the Government.

(b) Each offeror who believes that acquisitions in different quantities would be more advantageous is invited to recommend an economic purchase quantity. If different quantities are recommended, a total and a unit price must be quoted for applicable items. An economic purchase quantity is that quantity at which a significant price break occurs. If there are significant price breaks at different quantity points, this information is desired as well.

Offeror Recommendations

(c) The information requested in this provision is being solicited to avoid acquisitions in disadvantageous quantities and to assist the Government in developing a data base for future acquisitions of these items. However, the Government reserves the right to amend or cancel the solicitation and resolicit with respect to any individual item in the event quotations received and the Government's requirements indicate that different quantities should be acquired.

(End of provision)

Sections it refers to

  • 7.203 Solicitation provision.

Sections that refer to it

  • 7.203 Solicitation provision.
  • 7.204 Responsibilities of contracting officers.
  • 14.212 Economic purchase quantities (supplies).

← 52.207-3 Right of First Refusal of Employment. · 52.207-5 Option To Purchase Equipment. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 52

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

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