FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 8: Required Sources of Supplies and Services › Subpart 8.4
FAR 8.403 Applicability.
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 explains when the ordering procedures in this subpart apply, namely to individual orders and BPAs placed against Federal Supply Schedules contracts. It also notes that GSA may set special ordering procedures for a particular schedule, which generally take precedence over the standard procedures in 8.405. For requirements that are substantially or predominantly architect-engineer services, agencies must use Subpart 36.6 procedures and cannot place those orders under a Federal Supply Schedule.
Applies to: Agencies placing orders against Federal Supply Schedules contracts and BPAs established against them
What it requires
- For requirements that substantially or to a dominant extent specify architect-engineer services, use the procedures at Subpart 36.6
- Do not place orders for such architect-engineer requirements under a Federal Supply Schedule
Key terms: Federal Supply Schedules contracts · BPAs · special ordering procedures · architect-engineer services · Subpart 36.6
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) Procedures in this subpart apply to—
(1) Individual orders for supplies or services placed against Federal Supply Schedules contracts; and
(2) BPAs established against Federal Supply Schedule contracts.
(b) GSA may establish special ordering procedures for a particular schedule. In this case, that schedule will specify those special ordering procedures. Unless otherwise noted, special ordering procedures established for a Federal Supply Schedule take precedence over the procedures in 8.405.
(c) In accordance with section 1427(b) of Public Law 108-136 (40 U.S.C. 1103 note), for requirements that substantially or to a dominant extent specify performance of architect-engineer services (as defined in 2.101), agencies—
(1) Shall use the procedures at Subpart 36.6; and
(2) Shall not place orders for such requirements under a Federal Supply Schedule.
← 8.402 General. · 8.404 Use of Federal Supply Schedules. →
Rule changes for FAR Part 8
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary FAR Overhaul Parts 8, 12, 13, 15, 38, 44, and 51 ↗ · proposed 2026-09-18 · comments due 2026-10-19
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · final rule 2025-08-27 · effective 2025-10-01
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition ↗ · proposed 2025-01-15 · comments due 2025-03-17
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Rerepresentation of Size and Socioeconomic Status ↗ · final rule 2025-01-03 · effective 2025-01-17
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · proposed 2024-11-29 · comments due 2025-01-28
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2024-04-22 · effective 2024-05-22
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.