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39 sections with “Firm quantity”

  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    … type selection. Discuss the rationale for the selection of contract type. For other than firm-fixed-price contracts, see 16.103(d) for additional documentation guidance. Acquisition personnel shall document the acquisition plan with findin…
  • FAR 16.504 Indefinite-quantity contracts.
    …he Government has established procedures for obligating funds and that oral orders are confirmed in writing. (b) Application. Contracting officers may use an indefinite-quantity contract when the Government cannot predetermine, above a spe…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …mall, HUBZone, small disadvantaged, and women-owned small business trade associations). A firm may rely on the information contained in SAM as an accurate representation of a concern's size and ownership characteristics for the purposes of …
  • FAR 16.501-1 Definitions.
    … Delivery-order contract means a contract for supplies that does not procure or specify a firm quantity of supplies (other than a minimum or maximum quantity) and that provides for the issuance of orders for the delivery of supplies during …
  • FAR 14.405 Minor informalities or irregularities in bids.
    …e bidder, with the bid, referring to and clearly identifying the bid itself); or (2) The firm submitting a bid has formally adopted or authorized, before the date set for opening of bids, the execution of documents by typewritten, printed,…
  • FAR 16.104 Factors in selecting contract types.
    …act should be considered. (e) Combining contract types. If the entire contract cannot be firm-fixed-price, the contracting officer shall consider whether or not a portion of the contract can be established on a firm-fixed-price basis. (f)…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …solicitation; and (ii) It □ has, □ has not filed all required compliance reports. (2) Affirmative Action Compliance. The offeror represents that— (i) It □ has developed and has on file, □ has not developed and does not have on file, at e…
  • FAR 52.248-1 Value Engineering.
    … contract with prospective price redetermination, the term refers to the period for which firm prices have been established. Instant unit cost reduction means the amount of the decrease in unit cost of performance (without deducting any Co…
  • DFARS 252.225-7033 Waiver of United Kingdom levies.
    … (b) If the Contractor contemplates award of a subcontract exceeding $1 million to a U.K. firm, the Contractor shall provide the following information to the Contracting Officer before award of the subcontract: (1) Name of the U.K. firm. …
  • FAR 1.602-2 Responsibilities.
    …ting officer's representative (COR) on all contracts and orders other than those that are firm-fixed price, and for firm-fixed-price contracts and orders as appropriate, unless the contracting officer retains and executes the COR duties. Se…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …uipment designed to be controlled by the central processing unit of a computer, software, firmware and similar procedures, services (including support services), and related resources. (3) The term “information technology” does not include…
  • FAR 4.1005-2 Exceptions.
    …e-and-materials, or labor-hour basis. (4) The procurement instrument is for services and firm prices have been established for elements of the total price, but the actual number of the elements is not known until performance (e.g., a labor…
  • FAR 15.407-2 Make-or-buy programs.
    …vailable—quality, quantity, delivery, and other essential factors considered—from another firm at equal or lower prices, or when they are regularly manufactured or provided by the contractor, but are available—quality, quantity, delivery, a…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …nd (2) The contemplated contract type is expected to be any contract type except— (i) A firm-fixed-price contract awarded on the basis of adequate price competition; (ii) A fixed-price contract with economic price adjustment awarded on t…
  • FAR 16.205-2 Application.
    …antity production or services for which it is possible to negotiate a fair and reasonable firm fixed price for an initial period, but not for subsequent periods of contract performance. (a) The initial period should be the longest period f…
  • FAR 19.705-2 Determining the need for a subcontracting plan.
    … subcontracting possibilities exist by considering relevant factors such as— (1) Whether firms engaged in the business of furnishing the types of items to be acquired customarily contract for performance of part of the work or maintain suf…
  • FAR 36.207 Pricing fixed-price construction contracts.
    (a) Generally, firm-fixed-price contracts shall be used to acquire construction. They may be priced (1) on a lump-sum basis (when a lump sum is paid for the total work or defined parts of the work), (2) on a unit-price basis (when a unit pr…
  • DFARS 204.7103-1 Criteria for establishing.
    …hen the contract is for maintenance and repair services (e.g., a labor hour contract) and firm prices have been established for elements of the total price of an item but the actual number and quantity of the elements are not known until pe…
  • DFARS 252.225-7032 Waiver of United Kingdom Levies—Evaluation of offers.
    …s (APR 2003) (a) Offered prices for contracts or subcontracts with United Kingdom (U.K.) firms may contain commercial exploitation levies assessed by the Government of the U.K. The offeror shall identify to the Contracting Officer all levi…
  • FAR 3.501-2 General.
    …tiyear quantity; or (2) Priced options for additional quantities that, together with the firm contract quantity, equal the program requirements (see subpart 17.2). (c) Other safeguards are available to the contracting officer to preclude …
  • FAR 10.001 Policy.
    …ntal items could be incorporated at the component level; (iv) Determine the practices of firms engaged in producing, distributing, and supporting commercial products or commercial services, such as type of contract, terms for warranties, b…
  • FAR 13.106-3 Award and documentation.
    …orm the requiring activity of all facts regarding the quotation or offer and ask it to confirm or alter its requirement. The file shall be documented to support the final action taken. (b) File documentation and retention. Keep documentati…
  • FAR 14.201-9 Simplified contract format.
    Policy. For firm-fixed-price or fixed-price with economic price adjustment acquisitions of supplies and services, the contracting officer may use the simplified contract format in lieu of the uniform contract format (see 14.201-1). The cont…
  • FAR 14.502 Conditions for use.
    … available. (4) Sufficient time will be available for use of the two-step method. (5) A firm-fixed-price contract or a fixed-price contract with economic price adjustment will be used. (b) None of the following precludes the use of two-s…
  • FAR 17.106-3 Special procedures applicable to DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard.
    … be canceled or terminated. (d) Contracts awarded under the multiyear procedure shall be firm-fixed-price, fixed-price with economic price adjustment, or fixed-price incentive. (e) Recurring costs in cancellation ceiling. The inclusion of…
  • FAR 17.202 Use of options.
    …services involved are likely to change substantially; or (3) The option represents known firm requirements for which funds are available unless (i) the basic quantity is a learning or testing quantity and (ii) competition for the option is…
  • FAR 17.208 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …ption clause; (2) An option is not to be exercised at the time of contract award; (3) A firm-fixed-price contract, a fixed-price contract with economic price adjustment, or other type of contract approved under agency procedures is contem…
  • FAR 32.703-2 Contracts conditioned upon availability of funds.
    …lability of funds until the contracting officer has given the contractor notice, to be confirmed in writing, that funds are available.
  • FAR 39.203 Applicability.
    …able ICT accessibility standards at 36 CFR 1194.1. (b) Indefinite-quantity contracts. Confirmation of an exception or a determination of an exemption is not required prior to award of an indefinite-quantity contract, except for requirement…
  • FAR 48.001 Definitions.
    … contract with prospective price redetermination, the term refers to the period for which firm prices have been established. Instant unit cost reduction means the amount of the decrease in unit cost of performance (without deducting any co…
  • FAR 48.104-2 Sharing acquisition savings.
    …current and future contract savings and of collateral savings shall be paid as a separate firm-fixed-price line item on the instant contract. (5) Within 3 months after concurrent contracts have been modified to reflect price reductions att…
  • FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    … (c) Period for acceptance of offers. The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 30 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers, unless another time period is specified in an addendum to the solicitation. …
  • FAR 52.225-9 Buy American—Construction Materials.
    …poration into the construction material (whether or not such costs are paid to a domestic firm), and any applicable duty (whether or not a duty-free entry certificate is issued); or (2) For components manufactured by the Contractor, all co…
  • FAR 52.225-11 Buy American—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements.
    …poration into the construction material (whether or not such costs are paid to a domestic firm), and any applicable duty (whether or not a duty-free entry certificate is issued); or (2) For components manufactured by the Contractor, all co…
  • FAR 52.228-15 Performance and Payment Bonds—Construction.
    …starting work. (d) Surety or other security for bonds. The bonds shall be in the form of firm commitment, supported by corporate sureties whose names appear on the list contained in Treasury Department Circular 570, individual sureties, or…
  • FAR 52.228-16 Performance and Payment Bonds—Other Than Construction.
    … the existing bonds or to obtain additional bonds. (e) The bonds shall be in the form of firm commitment, supported by corporate sureties whose names appear on the list contained in Treasury Department Circular 570, individual sureties, or…
  • DFARS 201.170 Peer reviews.
    …or noncompetitive contract actions, use the greater of the following when considering the firm requirement for all supplies or services: (1) The approved Government objective amount. (2) The contractor proposed amount. (2) To facilitate …
  • DFARS 236.570 Additional provisions and clauses.
    …1,000,000: (1) 252.236-7010, Overseas Military Construction—Preference for United States Firms, when contract performance will be in a United States outlying area in the Pacific or in a country bordering the Arabian Gulf. (2) 252.236-7012…
  • DFARS 245.604-1 Sales procedures.
    …tition is obtained; (ii) Sources solicited are recorded; and (iii) Informal bids are confirmed in writing. (3) Sale approval and award. Plant clearance officers shall— (i) Evaluate bids to establish that the sale price is fair and reaso…

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