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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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42 sections with “blanket purchase agreement”: the first 40

  • FAR 19.804-5 Basic ordering agreements and blanket purchase agreements.
    …g letter for, and SBA must accept, each order under a basic ordering agreement (BOA) or a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) issued under part 13 (see 13.303), in addition to the agency offering and SBA accepting the BOA or BPA itself. (b) S…
  • 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 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
  • FAR 18.105 Federal Supply Schedules (FSSs), multi-agency blanket purchase agreements (BPAs), and multi-agency indefinite delivery contracts.
    Streamlined procedures and a broad range of goods and services 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)(…
  • DFARS 213.303 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
  • FAR 4.1602 Identifying the PIID and supplementary PIID.
    …s), identify the PIID for the delivery and task order and the PIID for the contract. (4) Blanket purchase agreements and basic ordering agreements. Identify the PIID for blanket purchase agreements issued in accordance with 13.303, and for…
  • FAR 52.213-1 Fast Payment Procedure.
    …ce or common carrier. (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of the contract, order, or blanket purchase agreement, the Contractor shall— (i) Assume all responsibility and risk of loss for supplies not received at destination, damaged in…
  • FAR 52.217-11 Reverse Auction—Orders.
    …ontracting Officer may conduct a reverse auction to award an order under this contract or blanket purchase agreement. (c) Contractor agreement. When a reverse auction is conducted under this contract or blanket purchase agreement, the foll…
  • FAR 13.301 Governmentwide commercial purchase card.
    …task or delivery order (if authorized in the basic contract, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchase agreement); or (3) Make payments, when the contractor agrees to accept payment by the card (but see 32.1108(b)(2)).
  • FAR 17.805 Solicitation provision and contract clauses.
    …10, Reverse Auction, in solicitations when using a reverse auction to award a contract or blanket purchase agreement. (b) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.217-11, Reverse Auction—Orders, in solicitations and contracts …
  • FAR 19.307 Protesting a firm's status as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern.
    …teran-owned small business concerns (see 13 CFR 134.1004(a)(3)(i)), except for orders and blanket purchase agreements placed under a Federal Supply Schedule contract (see 8.405 and 19.302(d)(5)); (iii) To be received by close of business o…
  • FAR 5.301 General.
    …simplified acquisition threshold as follows— (i) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) orders or Blanket Purchase Agreements supported by a limited-source justification (excluding brand name) in accordance with 8.405-6; or (ii) Task or delivery o…
  • FAR 4.605 Procedures.
    …at each PIID reported to FPDS is unique Governmentwide, for all solicitations, contracts, blanket purchase agreements, basic agreements, basic ordering agreements, or orders in accordance with 4.1601 to 4.1603, and will remain so for at lea…
  • FAR 4.606 Reporting Data.
    …quisition contracts. (2) Multi-agency contracts. (B) GSA Federal supply schedules. (C) Blanket Purchase Agreements (see 13.303). (D) Basic Ordering Agreements (see 16.703). (E) Any other agreement or contract against which individual o…
  • FAR 4.1101 Definition.
    As used in this subpart— Agreement means basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchase agreement.
  • FAR 5.406 Public disclosure of justification documents for certain contract actions.
    …e with 6.305. (b) Limited-source justifications (excluding brand name) for FSS orders or blanket purchase agreements with an estimated value greater than the simplified acquisition threshold must be posted in accordance with 8.405-6(a)(2).…
  • FAR 5.601 Governmentwide database of contracts.
    …act, or any other procurement 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/…
  • FAR 5.703 Definition.
    …le award or multiple award. It also includes Federal Supply Schedule contracts (including Blanket Purchase Agreements under Subpart 8.4).
  • FAR 8.004 Use of other sources.
    …s, and any other procurement 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 a…
  • FAR 8.401 Definitions.
    …rt— Ordering activity means an activity that is authorized to place orders, or establish blanket purchase agreements (BPA), against the General Services Administration's (GSA) Multiple Award Schedule contracts. A list of eligible ordering …
  • FAR 8.402 General.
    …eral Supply Schedule (also referred to as open market items) to a Federal Supply Schedule blanket purchase agreement (BPA) or an individual task or delivery order only if— (1) All applicable acquisition regulations pertaining to the purcha…
  • FAR 8.404 Use of Federal Supply Schedules.
    …sued under BPAs) shall follow the procedures in 5.705. (2) When an order is awarded or a Blanket Purchase Agreement is established with an estimated value greater than the simplified acquisition threshold and supported by a limited-source …
  • FAR 9.405-1 Continuation of current contracts.
    …ndefinite quantity contracts; (ii) Place orders under Federal Supply Schedule contracts, blanket purchase agreements, or basic ordering agreements; or (iii) Add new work, exercise options, or otherwise extend the duration of current contr…
  • FAR 13.303-1 General.
    (a) A blanket purchase agreement (BPA) is a simplified method of filling anticipated repetitive needs for supplies or services by establishing “charge accounts” with qualified sources of supply (see subpart 16.7 for additional coverage of a…
  • FAR 16.701 Scope.
    …or establishing and using basic agreements and basic ordering agreements. (See 13.303 for blanket purchase agreements (BPA's) and see 35.015(b) for additional coverage of basic agreements with educational institutions and nonprofit organiza…
  • FAR 17.802 Policy.
    …arly generated to support the issuance of a task order or delivery order or order under a blanket purchase agreement; and (iii) Information identified by an offeror as restricted from duplication, use, or disclosure—in whole or in part—for…
  • FAR 19.301-1 Representation by the offeror.
    …s evaluated), including offers 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 …
  • FAR 19.302 Protesting a small business representation or rerepresentation.
    …s that are set-aside under an unrestricted multiple-award contract (except for orders and blanket purchase agreements placed under a Federal Supply Schedule contract (see 8.405 and paragraph (d)(5) of this section)); and (C) Orders placed …
  • FAR 19.306 Protesting a firm's status as a HUBZone small business concern.
    …ved for HUBZone small business concerns (see 13 CFR 126.801(d)(1)), except for orders and blanket purchase agreements placed under a Federal Supply Schedule contract (see 8.405 and 19.302(d)(5)); or (iii) By the close of business on the fi…
  • 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.
    …or reserved for EDWOSB or WOSB concerns (see 13 CFR 127.603(c)(1)), except for orders and blanket purchase agreements placed under a Federal Supply Schedule contract (see 8.405 and 19.302(d)(5)); or (iii) To be received by the close of bus…
  • FAR 22.603 Applicability.
    …including for this purpose, indefinite-delivery contracts, basic ordering agreements, and blanket purchase agreements) and subcontracts under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act, for the manufacture or furnishing of supplies that— (a) W…
  • FAR 22.605 Rulings and interpretations of the statute.
    …d facilities. (5) Indefinite-delivery contracts, including basic ordering agreements and blanket purchase agreements, are subject to the statute unless it can be determined in advance that the aggregate amount of all orders estimated to be…
  • FAR 52.217-10 Reverse Auction.
    …nment intends to conduct a reverse auction under this solicitation to award a contract or blanket purchase agreement. (c) Offeror agreement. By submission of a quote or proposal in response to the solicitation, the Offeror agrees to partic…
  • FAR 52.217-12 Reverse Auction Services.
    …al information similarly generated for a task order or delivery order or an order under a blanket purchase agreement; and (iii) Information identified by the reverse auction participant as restricted from duplication, use, or disclosure—in…
  • FAR 53.213 Simplified acquisition procedures (SF's 18, 30, 44, 1165, and 1449, and OF's 336, 347, and 348).
    …itions under simplified acquisition procedures, as specified in 13.307. (2) To establish blanket purchase agreements (BPA's), as specified in 13.303-2, and to make purchases under BPA's, as specified in 13.303-5. (3) To issue orders under…
  • DFARS 204.1703 Reporting requirements.
    …nment fiscal year. (2) For indefinite-delivery contracts, basic ordering agreements, and blanket purchase agreements— (i) Contractor reporting is required for each order issued under the contract or agreement that meets the requirements o…
  • DFARS 204.1705 Contract clauses.
    …ons and resultant awards of indefinite-delivery contracts, basic ordering agreements, and blanket purchase agreements, when one or more of the orders under the contract or agreement are expected to meet the criteria in paragraph (a)(i) of t…
  • DFARS 204.2105 Solicitation provisions and contract clause.
    …r task orders and delivery orders, 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 …
  • DFARS 208.405-6 Limiting sources.
    For an order or blanket purchase agreement (BPA) exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold that is a follow-on to an order or BPA for the same supply or service previously issued based on a limiting sources justification citing the aut…
  • DFARS 208.7400 Scope of subpart.
    … (e.g., under an interagency agreement); (d) Under a Federal Supply Schedule contract or blanket purchase agreement established in accordance with FAR 8.405; or (e) By a contractor that is authorized to order From a Government supply sour…

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