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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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26 sections with “BPAs”

  • FAR 8.405-3 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
    (a) Establishment. (1) Ordering activities may establish BPAs under any schedule contract to fill repetitive needs for supplies or services. Ordering activities shall establish the BPA with the schedule contractor(s) that can provide the su…
  • FAR 13.303-5 Purchases under BPAs.
    …5 million for purchases entered into under the authority of 12.102(f)(1)) do not apply to BPAs established in accordance with 13.303-2(c)(3). (2) The limitation for individual purchases for commercial product and commercial service acquisi…
  • FAR 13.303-2 Establishment of BPAs.
    (a) The following are circumstances under which contracting officers may establish BPAs: (1) There is a wide variety of items in a broad class of supplies or services that are generally purchased, but the exact items, quantities, and deliv…
  • FAR 13.303-3 Preparation of BPAs.
    Prepare BPAs on the forms specified in 13.307. Do not cite accounting and appropriation data (see 13.303-5(e)(4)). (a) The following terms and conditions are mandatory: (1) Description of agreement. A statement that the supplier shall fur…
  • FAR 18.105 Federal Supply Schedules (FSSs), multi-agency blanket purchase agreements (BPAs), and multi-agency indefinite delivery contracts.
    … may be available under Federal Supply Schedule contracts (see Subpart 8.4), multi-agency BPAs (see 8.405-3(a)(6)), or multi-agency, indefinite-delivery contracts (see 16.505(a)(8)). These contracting methods may offer agency advance planni…
  • FAR 13.303 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
  • FAR 13.303-7 Completion of BPAs.
    An individual BPA is considered complete when the purchases under it equal its total dollar limitation, if any, or when its stated time period expires.
  • DFARS 213.303 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
  • DFARS 213.303-5 Purchases under BPAs.
    (b) Individual purchases for subsistence may be made at any dollar value; however, the contracting officer must satisfy the competition requirements of FAR Part 6 for any action not using simplified acquisition procedures.
  • FAR 8.404 Use of Federal Supply Schedules.
    …d 19 (except for the requirements at 19.102(b)(3) and 19.202-1(e)(1)(iii))do not apply to BPAs or orders placed against Federal Supply Schedules contracts (but see 8.405-5). BPAs and orders placed against a MAS, using the procedures in this…
  • FAR 8.405-6 Limiting sources.
    Orders placed or BPAs established under Federal Supply Schedules are exempt from the requirements in part 6. However, an ordering activity must justify its action when restricting consideration in accordance with paragraph (a) or (b) of thi…
  • DFARS 204.2105 Solicitation provisions and contract clause.
    …ders, basic ordering agreements (BOAs), orders against BOAs, blanket purchase agreements (BPAs), and calls against BPAs. (b) Use the provision at 252.204-7017, Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment …
  • FAR 8.405 Ordering procedures for Federal Supply Schedules.
    …lies or services. The procedures in this section apply to all schedules. For establishing BPAs and for orders under BPAs see 8.405-3.
  • FAR 8.405-1 Ordering procedures for supplies, and services not requiring a statement of work.
    …t of work is not required (e.g., installation, maintenance, and repair). For establishing BPAs and for orders under BPAs see 8.405-3. (b) Orders at or below the micro-purchase threshold. Ordering activities may place orders at, or below, t…
  • FAR 8.405-2 Ordering procedures for services requiring a statement of work.
    …he Federal Supply Schedule publications and the contractor's pricelists. For establishing BPAs and for orders under BPAs see 8.405-3. (b) Statements of Work (SOWs). All Statements of Work shall include a description of work to be performed…
  • FAR 8.405-5 Small business.
    …rs for any of the small business concerns identified in 19.000(a)(3); and (ii) Set aside BPAs for any of the small business concerns identified in 19.000(a)(3). (2) When setting aside orders and BPAs— (i) Follow the ordering procedures f…
  • FAR 13.303-1 General.
    …ualified sources of supply (see subpart 16.7 for additional coverage of agreements). (b) BPAs should be established for use by an organization responsible for providing supplies for its own operations or for other offices, installations, p…
  • FAR 19.301-2 Rerepresentation by a contractor that represented its status as a small business concern.
    … value of options exercised, modifications issued, orders issued, or purchases made under BPAs on that contract in its small business prime contracting goal achievements. When a contractor's rerepresentation for a contract qualifies it as a…
  • FAR 5.601 Governmentwide database of contracts.
    … instrument intended for use by multiple agencies, including blanket purchase agreements (BPAs) under Federal Supply Schedule contracts. (2) Enter the information specified at https://www.contractdirectory.gov/contractdirectory/ in accorda…
  • FAR 8.004 Use of other sources.
    …instruments intended for use by multiple agencies, including blanket purchase agreements (BPAs) under Federal Supply Schedule contracts (e.g., Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative (FSSI) agreements accessible at http://www.gsa.gov/fssi (se…
  • FAR 8.403 Applicability.
    …ders 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…
  • FAR 13.303-8 Optional clause.
    …ied Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services), may be used in BPAs established under this section.
  • FAR 13.403 Preparation and execution of orders.
    Priced or unpriced contracts, purchase orders, or BPAs using the fast payment procedure shall include the following: (a) A requirement that the supplies be shipped transportation or postage prepaid. (b) A requirement that invoices be subm…
  • FAR 13.404 Contract clause.
    …nd it is intended that the fast payment procedure be used in the contract (in the case of BPAs, the contracting officer may elect to insert the clause either in the BPA or in orders under the BPA).
  • FAR 19.301-1 Representation by the offeror.
    …s for— (1) Basic ordering agreements (see 16.703); and (2) Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs) issued pursuant to part 13. (c) To be eligible for an award of an order under a basic ordering agreement or a BPA issued pursuant to part 13 as…
  • FAR 38.101 General.
    …age prior to issuing the schedule solicitation and, generally, do not apply to orders and BPAs placed under resulting schedule contracts except see 8.404 and 8.405-5.

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Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.