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

FAR 52.216-27 Single or Multiple Awards.

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 tells offerors that the Government may award either one contract or several contracts for the same or similar supplies or services under this solicitation. It matters because a contractor cannot assume it will be the only awardee, so it should plan for possible competition after award.

Applies to: Offerors responding to a solicitation that includes this provision

Key terms: single delivery order contract · task order contract · multiple delivery order contracts · task order contracts · solicitation

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

The text

As prescribed in 16.506(f), insert the following provision:

Single or Multiple Awards (OCT 1995)

The Government may elect to award a single delivery order contract or task order contract or to award multiple delivery order contracts or task order contracts for the same or similar supplies or services to two or more sources under this solicitation.

(End of provision)

Sections it refers to

  • 16.506 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

Sections that refer to it

  • 16.506 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

← 52.216-26 Payments of Allowable Costs Before Definitization. · 52.216-28 Multiple Awards for Advisory and Assistance Services. →

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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