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

FAR 52.217-7 Option for Increased Quantity—Separately Priced Line Item.

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 order an additional quantity of a specific line item that is already priced in the contract schedule as an option item. The Contracting Officer must give written notice within the 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(e)

What it requires

  • Deliver the option line item in the quantity and at the price stated in the Schedule if the option is exercised
  • Continue delivery of added items at the same rate as like items under the contract, unless the parties otherwise agree

Key terms: option item · Contracting Officer · written notice · Schedule · option

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

The text

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

Option for Increased Quantity—Separately Priced Line Item (MAR 1989)

The Government may require the delivery of the numbered line item, identified in the Schedule as an option item, in the quantity and at the price stated in the Schedule. 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 added items shall continue at the same rate that like items are 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.

← 52.217-6 Option for Increased Quantity. · 52.217-8 Option To Extend 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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