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13 sections with “consolidation or bundling”

  • FAR 7.107 Additional requirements for acquisitions involving consolidation, bundling, or substantial bundling.
  • FAR 15.304 Evaluation factors and significant subfactors.
    …ld. (ii) For solicitations that are not set aside for small business concerns, involving consolidation or bundling, that offer a significant opportunity for subcontracting, the contracting officer shall include a factor to evaluate past pe…
  • FAR 7.107-5 Notifications.
    … GPE, before issuance of the solicitation (see 5.201). (c) Notification to the public of consolidation of contract requirements. The SPE or CAO shall publish in the GPE— (1) A notice that the agency has determined a consolidation of contr…
  • FAR 10.001 Policy.
    …nces justify its cost; (iv) Before soliciting offers for acquisitions that could lead to consolidation or bundling (15 U.S.C. 644(e)(2)(A) and 15 U.S.C. 657q); (v) Before awarding a task or delivery order under an indefinite-delivery-inde…
  • FAR 19.201 General policy.
    …stifications; and (iii) Actions taken to mitigate the effects of necessary and justified consolidation or bundling on small businesses; (12) Provides a copy of the assessment made under paragraph (c)(11) of this section to the Agency Head…
  • FAR 19.202-1 Encouraging small business participation in acquisitions.
    … seeks to package or consolidate discrete construction projects and the magnitude of this consolidation makes it unlikely that small businesses can compete for the prime contract; (iii) The proposed acquisition is for a consolidated or bun…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …s for a consolidated or bundled contract when the order meets the definition at 2.101 of “consolidation” or “bundling”. (9) In accordance with section 1427(b) of Public Law 108-136 (40 U.S.C. 1103 note), orders placed under multi-agency co…
  • FAR 7.103 Agency-head responsibilities.
    …petition by and among small business concerns; and (2) Avoid unnecessary and unjustified consolidation or bundling (see 7.107) (15 U.S.C. 631(j) and 15 U.S.C. 657q). (v) Ensuring that agency planners on information technology acquisitions…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …, and women-owned small business concerns (see part 19). (iv) Consider the impact of any consolidation or bundling that might affect participation of small businesses in the acquisition (see 7.107) (15 U.S.C. 644(e) and 15 U.S.C. 657q). Wh…
  • FAR 7.107-1 General.
    … or delivery-order contracts, when the requirement was considered in determining that the consolidation or bundling of the underlying contract was necessary and justified; or (3) To requirements for which there is a mandatory source (see 8…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …1949 in the construction or development of the project. Bundling— (1) Means a subset of consolidation that combines two or more requirements for supplies or services, previously provided or performed under separate smaller contracts (see …
  • FAR 5.205 Special situations.
    … the requirement for the section 8(a) program. (g) Notifications to the public regarding consolidation, bundling, or substantial bundling. (1) For the requirement to publish a notification of consolidation or substantial bundling of contra…
  • FAR 8.404 Use of Federal Supply Schedules.
    …s for a consolidated or bundled contract when the order meets the definition at 2.101 of “consolidation” or “bundling”; and (3) Must, whether placed by the requiring agency, or on behalf of the requiring agency, be consistent with the requ…

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