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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 52: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 52.2

FAR 52.211-17 Delivery of Excess Quantities.

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 clause makes the contractor responsible for delivering each item quantity within any allowable variations. If the contractor delivers more than the quantity called for, the excess is treated as delivered for the contractor's convenience, and the Government may keep excess quantities up to $250 in value without paying for them. For excess above $250, the Government can either return it at the contractor's expense or keep and pay for it at the contract unit price.

Applies to: Contractors delivering items under a contract that includes this clause

What it requires

  • Deliver each item quantity within allowable variations, if any
  • Cover the expense of returning excess quantities if the Government chooses to return them

Key terms: allowable variations · excess quantities · contract unit price

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

The text

As prescribed in 11.703(b), insert the following clause:

Delivery of Excess Quantities (SEP 1989)

The Contractor is responsible for the delivery of each item quantity within allowable variations, if any. If the Contractor delivers and the Government receives quantities of any item in excess of the quantity called for (after considering any allowable variation in quantity), such excess quantities will be treated as being delivered for the convenience of the Contractor. The Government may retain such excess quantities up to $250 in value without compensating the Contractor therefor, and the Contractor waives all right, title, or interests therein. Quantities in excess of $250 will, at the option of the Government, either be returned at the Contractor's expense or retained and paid for by the Government at the contract unit price.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

  • 11.701 Supply contracts.
  • 11.703 Contract clauses.
  • 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).

← 52.211-16 Variation in Quantity. · 52.211-18 Variation in Estimated Quantity. →

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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