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32 sections with “Multiple Award Schedule Program”

  • FAR 19.504 Orders under multiple-award contracts.
    … 644(r)(2)), contracting officers may, at their discretion, set aside orders placed under multiple-award contracts for any of the small business concerns identified in 19.000(a)(3). (1) The contracting officer shall state in the solicitati…
  • FAR 52.219-28 Postaward Small Business Program Rerepresentation.
    … a small business concern identified at 19.000(a)(3) that is issued under an unrestricted multiple-award contract, unless the order is issued under the reserved portion of an unrestricted multiple-award contract (e.g., an order set aside fo…
  • DFARS 252.225-7036 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program.
    …or steel components of unknown origin are treated as foreign. If the end product contains multiple components, the cost of all the materials used in such end product is calculated in accordance with the explanation of cost of components in …
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …acts (see paragraph (2) of this definition), into a solicitation for a single contract, a multiple-award contract, or a task or delivery order that is likely to be unsuitable for award to a small business concern (even if it is suitable for…
  • FAR 8.405-3 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
    …racting officer shall, to the maximum extent practicable, give preference to establishing multiple-award BPAs, rather than establishing a single-award BPA. (ii) No single-award BPA with an estimated value exceeding $150 million (including …
  • FAR 16.500 Scope of subpart.
    …or making awards of indefinite-delivery contracts and establishes a preference for making multiple awards of indefinite-quantity contracts. (b) This subpart does not limit the use of other than competitive procedures authorized by part 6. …
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …ent debt subject to collection under the Treasury Offset Program (TOP). (b) Orders under multiple-award contracts—(1) Fair opportunity. (i) The contracting officer must provide each awardee a fair opportunity to be considered for each orde…
  • FAR 19.301-2 Rerepresentation by a contractor that represented its status as a small business concern.
    … a small business concern identified at 19.000(a)(3) that is issued under an unrestricted multiple-award contract, unless the order is issued under the reserved portion of an unrestricted multiple-award contract (e.g., an order set aside fo…
  • FAR 19.308 Protesting a firm's status as an economically disadvantaged women-owned small business concern or women-owned small business concern eligible under the Women-Owned Small Business Program.
    …rently successful offeror for negotiated acquisitions including— (A) Orders placed under multiple-award contracts where the contracting officer requested rerepresentation for the order (see 13 CFR 127.603(c)(1)); and (B) Orders set aside …
  • FAR 6.102 Use of competitive procedures.
    … of satisfying the Government's needs; and (ii) A peer or scientific review. (3) Use of multiple award schedules issued under the procedures established by the Administrator of General Services consistent with the requirement of 41 U.S.C.…
  • FAR 19.302 Protesting a small business representation or rerepresentation.
    …l offeror for negotiated acquisitions, including— (A) Partial set-asides and reserves of multiple-award contracts; (B) Orders that are set-aside under an unrestricted multiple-award contract (except for orders and blanket purchase agreeme…
  • FAR 19.307 Protesting a firm's status as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern.
    …ently successful offeror for negotiated acquisitions, including— (A) Orders placed under multiple-award contracts where the contracting officer requested rerepresentation for the order (see 13 CFR 134.1004(a)(3)(ii)); and (B) Orders set a…
  • FAR 19.804-6 Indefinite-delivery contracts.
    (a) Separate offers and acceptances are not required for individual orders under multiple-award contracts (including the Federal Supply Schedules managed by GSA, multi-agency contracts or Governmentwide acquisition contracts, or indefinite-…
  • FAR 52.203-13 Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct.
    …tes to an order against a Governmentwide acquisition contract, a multi-agency contract, a multiple-award schedule contract such as the Federal Supply Schedule, or any other procurement instrument intended for use by multiple agencies, the C…
  • FAR 8.402 General.
    (a) The Federal Supply Schedule program is also known as the GSA Schedules Program or the Multiple Award Schedule Program. The Federal Supply Schedule program is directed and managed by GSA and provides Federal agencies (see 8.004) with a s…
  • FAR 19.306 Protesting a firm's status as a HUBZone small business concern.
    …e 15.503(a)(2)) of the apparently successful offeror, including— (A) Orders placed under multiple-award contracts where the contracting officer requested rerepresentation for the order (see 13 CFR 126.801(d)(1)); and (B) Orders set aside …
  • FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …the sender's request and expense, unless they are destroyed during preaward testing. (e) Multiple offers. Offerors are encouraged to submit multiple offers presenting alternative terms and conditions, including alternative line items (prov…
  • FAR 8.401 Definitions.
    …sh blanket purchase agreements (BPA), against the General Services Administration's (GSA) Multiple Award Schedule contracts. A list of eligible ordering activities is available at http://www.gsa.gov/schedules (click “For Customers Ordering …
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    … contracts with individual subcontracting plans where the contract is intended for use by multiple agencies; (iv) Submit the Individual Subcontract Report (ISR) and/or the Summary Subcontract Report (SSR), in accordance with paragraph (l) …
  • FAR 3.104-1 Definitions.
    …ers under an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity, or requirements contract; (3) Any multiple award schedule contract, unless the contracting officer documents a lower estimate; (4) The value of a delivery order, task order, or an ord…
  • FAR 4.606 Reporting Data.
    …for reports. (3) Agencies may use the FPDS Express Reporting capability for consolidated multiple action reports for a vendor when it would be overly burdensome to report each action individually. When used, Express Reporting should be don…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …overnmentwide database of contracts and other procurement instruments intended for use by multiple agencies available at https://www.contractdirectory.gov/contractdirectory/. (iii) Include consideration of small business, veteran-owned sma…
  • FAR 7.203 Solicitation provision.
    …nserted if the solicitation is for a contract under the General Services Administration's multiple award schedule contract program, or if the contracting officer determines that— (a) The Government already has the data; (b) The data is ot…
  • FAR 8.405-1 Ordering procedures for supplies, and services not requiring a statement of work.
    …all schedule contractors offering the required supplies or services under the appropriate multiple award schedule(s) an opportunity to submit a quote; or (ii) Provide the RFQ to as many schedule contractors as practicable, consistent with …
  • FAR 8.405-6 Limiting sources.
    …The justification shall cite that the acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Multiple-Award Schedule Program (see 8.401). (2) At a minimum, each justification shall include the following information: (i) Identification of the…
  • FAR 27.405-3 Commercial computer software.
    (a) When contracting other than from GSA's Multiple Award Schedule contracts for the acquisition of commercial computer software, no specific contract clause prescribed in this subpart need be used, but the contract shall specifically addre…
  • FAR 27.409 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses
    …(See 27.405-4.) (g) In accordance with 27.405-3, when contracting (other than from GSA's Multiple Award Schedule contracts) for the acquisition of commercial computer software, the contracting officer may insert the clause at 52.227-19, Co…
  • FAR 39.103 Modular contracting.
    …ivery, indefinite quantity contracts, single contract with options, successive contracts, multiple awards, task order contracts). Contract(s) shall be structured to ensure that the Government is not required to procure additional increments…
  • FAR 52.204-30 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Prohibition.
    …contracts, multi-agency contracts or any other procurement instrument intended for use by multiple agencies, upon notification from the Contracting Officer, during the performance of the contract, the Contractor shall promptly make any nece…
  • FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …2.222-43, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards-Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts) (AUG 2018) (29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 67). __ (4) 52.222-44, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contr…
  • DFARS 207.106 Additional requirements for major systems.
    …etition for upgrades. (vi) Use of build-to-print approaches to enable production through multiple sources. (vii) Acquisition of complete technical data packages. (viii) Periodic competitions for subsystem upgrades. (ix) Licensing of add…
  • DFARS 215.404-71-3 Contract type risk and working capital adjustment.
    …gth factor; (ii) Should develop a weighted average contract length when the contract has multiple deliveries; and (iii) May use sampling techniques provided they produce a representative result. Table (3) Example: A prospective contract…

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