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18 sections with “basic and option quantities”

  • FAR 16.703 Basic ordering agreements.
    (a) Description. A basic ordering agreement is a written instrument of understanding, negotiated between an agency, contracting activity, or contracting office and a contractor, that contains (1) terms and clauses applying to future contrac…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    … in product and service codes (PSCs) 1000-9999, except— (1) PSC 5510, Lumber and Related Basic Wood Materials; (2) Product or Service Group (PSG) 87, Agricultural Supplies; (3) PSG 88, Live Animals; (4) PSG 89, Subsistence; (5) PSC 941…
  • DFARS 252.225-7001 Buy American and Balance of Payments Program.
    Basic. As prescribed in 225.1101(2)(i) and (2)(ii), use the following clause: Buy American and Balance of Payments Program—Basic (FEB 2024) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item— (1) M…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …th its Alternate III if submission via electronic media is required; and (4) Replace the basic provision with its Alternate IV if certified cost or pricing data are not expected to be required because an exception may apply, but data other…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …vices for R&D activities), or systems. These services are normally closely related to the basic responsibilities and mission of the agency originating the requirement for the acquisition of services by contract. Included are efforts that su…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …dvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns, with a separate part for the basic contract and separate parts for each option (if any). The subcontracting plan shall be included in and made a part of the resultant contract. Th…
  • DFARS 252.225-7036 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program.
    Basic. As prescribed in 225.1101(10)(i) and (10)(i)(A), use the following clause: Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program—Basic (FEB 2024) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Bahraini end product means an arti…
  • FAR 17.202 Use of options.
    …he 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 impracticable once the initial contract is awarded. (d) In re…
  • FAR 17.204 Contracts.
    …ed. (e) Unless otherwise approved in accordance with agency procedures, the total of the basic and option periods shall not exceed 5 years in the case of services, and the total of the basic and option quantities shall not exceed the requi…
  • FAR 52.225-3 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act.
    …bed in 25.1101(b)(1)(ii), substitute the following paragraph (c) for paragraph (c) of the basic clause: (c) Delivery of end products. 41 U.S.C. chapter 83 provides a preference for domestic end products for supplies acquired for use in the…
  • FAR 52.248-1 Value Engineering.
    …ring program requirement, substitute the following paragraph (a) for paragraph (a) of the basic clause: (a) General. The Contractor shall (1) engage in a value engineering program, and submit value engineering progress reports, as specifie…
  • DFARS 217.208-70 Additional clauses.
    (a) Use the basic or the alternate of the clause at 252.217-7000, Exercise of Option to Fulfill Foreign Military Sales Commitments, in solicitations and contracts when an option may be used for foreign military sales requirements. Do not us…
  • FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons.
    …g to disclose, in a format and language understood by the employee or potential employee, basic information or making material misrepresentations during the recruitment of employees regarding the key terms and conditions of employment, incl…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …y developed complex equipment, the contracting officer should perform a trend analysis of basic labor and materials, even in periods of relative price stability. (iii) Comparison of costs proposed by the offeror for individual cost element…
  • FAR 17.203 Solicitations.
    … that allow the offer of options at unit prices which differ from the unit prices for the basic requirement shall state that offerors may offer varying prices for options, depending on the quantities actually ordered and the dates when orde…
  • FAR 17.205 Documentation.
    …nd approvals and any determination and findings required by part 6 shall specify both the basic requirement and the increase permitted by the option.
  • FAR 17.206 Evaluation.
    (a) In awarding the basic contract, the contracting officer shall, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, evaluate offers for any option quantities or periods contained in a solicitation when it has been determined prior to so…
  • DFARS 252.225-7009 Restriction on Acquisition of Certain Articles Containing Specialty Metals.
    …a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Alloy means a metal consisting of a mixture of a basic metallic element and one or more metallic, or non-metallic, alloying elements. (i) For alloys named by a single metallic element (e.g., titaniu…

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