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FAR 7.202 Policy.

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 section states that agencies must buy supplies in quantities that give the Government the best total and unit cost where practical, and that do not exceed what the agency reasonably expects to need. It also requires solicitations for supply contracts, when practical, to invite offerors to comment on whether the proposed quantity is economically advantageous and to recommend better quantities with prices. For contractors, this means your solicitation may ask you to suggest alternative quantities and provide pricing for them.

Applies to: Agencies procuring supplies and offerors responding to supply solicitations

What it requires

  • If the solicitation includes the provision, state an opinion on whether the proposed quantity is economically advantageous to the Government
  • If applicable, recommend a quantity or quantities that would be more economically advantageous
  • Include a quotation of the total price and unit price for supplies at each recommended quantity

Key terms: total cost · unit cost · solicitation · offeror · economically advantageous

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

The text

(a) Agencies are required by 10 U.S.C. 3242 and 41 U.S.C. 3310 to procure supplies in such quantity as—

(1) Will result in the total cost and unit cost most advantageous to the Government, where practicable; and

(2) Does not exceed the quantity reasonably expected to be required by the agency.

(b) Each solicitation for a contract for supplies is required, if practicable, to include a provision inviting each offeror responding to the solicitation—

(1) To state an opinion on whether the quantity of the supplies proposed to be acquired is economically advantageous to the Government; and

(2) If applicable, to recommend a quantity or quantities which would be more economically advantageous to the Government. Each such recommendation is required to include a quotation of the total price and the unit price for supplies procured in each recommended quantity.

Sections that refer to it

← 7.201 [Reserved] · 7.203 Solicitation provision. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 7

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

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