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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 8: Required Sources of Supplies and Services › Subpart 8.7

FAR 8.705-4 Compliance with orders.

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 sets out how ordering offices and central nonprofit agencies handle changes and problems with AbilityOne orders. It requires communication about lead-time changes, allows schedule revisions when feasible, and requires efforts to resolve nonperformance before cancelling an order. If cancellation is necessary, the order may be reallocated or a purchase exception granted, with Committee approval for exceptions of $25,000 or more.

Applies to: Ordering offices and central nonprofit agencies involved in AbilityOne orders

What it requires

  • Central nonprofit agency shall inform the ordering office of changes in lead time experienced by its AbilityOne participating nonprofit agencies
  • Ordering office shall grant a request for revision in the delivery or completion schedule if feasible
  • If extension is not feasible, ordering office shall notify the central nonprofit agency and request reallocation or a purchase exception
  • When a nonprofit agency fails to perform, ordering office shall try to resolve the noncompliance and negotiate an adjustment before cancelling

Key terms: central nonprofit agency · ordering office · AbilityOne participating nonprofit agency · purchase exception · Committee

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

The text

(a) The central nonprofit agency shall inform the ordering office of changes in lead time experienced by its AbilityOne participating nonprofit agencies to minimize requests for extensions once the ordering office places an order.

(b) The ordering office shall grant a request by a central nonprofit agency or AbilityOne participating nonprofit agency for revision in the delivery or completion schedule, if feasible. If extension of the delivery or completion date is not feasible, the ordering office shall notify the appropriate central nonprofit agency and request that it reallocate the order, or grant a purchase exception authorizing acquisition from commercial sources.

(c) When an AbilityOne participating nonprofit agency fails to perform under the terms of an order, the ordering office shall make every effort to resolve the noncompliance with the nonprofit agency involved and to negotiate an adjustment before taking action to cancel the order. If the problem cannot be resolved with the nonprofit agency, the ordering office shall refer the matter for resolution first to the central nonprofit agency and then, if necessary, to the Committee.

(d) When, after complying with 8.705-4(c), the ordering office determines that it must cancel an order, it shall notify the central nonprofit agency and, if practical, request a reallocation of the order. When the central nonprofit agency cannot reallocate the order, it shall grant a purchase exception permitting use of commercial sources, subject to approval by the Committee when the value of the purchase exception is $25,000 or more.

← 8.705-3 Allocation process. · 8.706 Purchase exceptions. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 8

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