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

FAR 52.217-6 Option for Increased Quantity.

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 lets the Government increase the quantity of supplies ordered under the contract at the unit prices already stated in the Schedule. The Contracting Officer must give written notice within a time period filled into the clause, and added items are delivered at the same rate as similar items unless the parties agree otherwise.

Applies to: Contracts that include this clause, as prescribed in FAR 17.208(d)

What it requires

  • Deliver added items at the same rate as like items called for under the contract, unless the parties otherwise agree

Key terms: option · unit price · Schedule · Contracting Officer · written notice

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

The text

As prescribed in 17.208(d), insert a clause substantially the same as the following:

Option for Increased Quantity (MAR 1989)

The Government may increase the quantity of supplies called for in the Schedule at the unit price specified. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor within ____ [insert in the clause the period of time in which the Contracting Officer has to exercise the option]. Delivery of the added items shall continue at the same rate as the like items called for under the contract, unless the parties otherwise agree.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

  • 17.208 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

Sections that refer to it

  • 17.208 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

← 52.217-5 Evaluation of Options. · 52.217-7 Option for Increased Quantity—Separately Priced Line Item. →

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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