48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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318 sections with “delivery order”: the first 40

  • DFARS 252.216-7010 Postaward Debriefings for Task Orders and Delivery Orders.
    …ed at 216.506-70(b), use the following clause: Postaward Debriefings for Task Orders and Delivery Orders (Oct 2025) (a) Postaward debriefing. (1) Upon timely request, the Government will provide a written or oral postaward debriefing for…
  • FAR 53.216-1 Delivery orders and orders under basic ordering agreements (OF 347).
    …d in 53.213(f), (or an approved agency form) may be used to place orders under indefinite delivery contracts and basic ordering agreements, as specified in 16.703(d)(2)(i).
  • FAR 52.216-32 Task-Order and Delivery-Order Ombudsman.
    As prescribed in 16.506(j), use the following clause: Task-Order and Delivery-Order Ombudsman (SEP 2019) (a) In accordance with 41 U.S.C. 4106(g), the Agency has designated the following task-order and delivery-order Ombudsman for this co…
  • DFARS 227.7103-8 Deferred delivery and deferred ordering of technical data.
    (a) Deferred delivery. Use the clause at 252.227-7026, Deferred Delivery of Technical Data or Computer Software, when it is in the Government's interests to defer the delivery of technical data. The clause permits the contracting officer to…
  • DFARS 227.7203-8 Deferred delivery and deferred ordering of computer software and computer software documentation.
    (a) Deferred delivery. Use the clause at 252.227-7026, Deferred Delivery of Technical Data or Computer Software, when it is in the Government's interests to defer the delivery of computer software or computer software documentation. The cla…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …neral. (1) In general, the contracting officer does not synopsize orders under indefinite-delivery contracts; except see 16.505(a)(4) and (11), and 16.505(b)(2)(ii)(D). (2) Individual orders shall clearly describe all services to be perfor…
  • FAR 52.216-18 Ordering.
    …supplies and services to be furnished under this contract shall be ordered by issuance of delivery orders or task orders by the individuals or activities designated in the Schedule. Such orders may be issued from ___ through ___ [insert dat…
  • DFARS 216.505 Ordering.
    (a) General. (6) Orders placed under indefinite-delivery contracts may be issued on DD Form 1155, Order for Supplies or Services. (S-70) Departments and agencies shall comply with the review, approval, and reporting requirements establish…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …requesting agency's behalf, such as awarding and administering a contract, task order, or delivery order. Basic research means that research directed toward increasing knowledge in science. The primary aim of basic research is a fuller kno…
  • FAR 12.207 Contract type.
    …business set-asides under 16.505(b)(2)(i)(F)), if placing an order under a multiple-award delivery-order contract; and (ii) The contracting officer— (A) Executes a determination and findings (D&F) for the contract, in accordance with para…
  • FAR 16.504 Indefinite-quantity contracts.
    …so specify maximum or minimum quantities that the Government may order under each task or delivery order and the maximum that it may order during a specific period of time. (4) A solicitation and contract for an indefinite quantity must— …
  • FAR 42.708 Quick-closeout procedure.
    …tiate the settlement of direct and indirect costs for a specific contract, task order, or delivery order to be closed, in advance of the determination of final direct costs and indirect rates set forth in 42.705, if— (1) The contract, task…
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ayment shall be made for items accepted by the Government that have been delivered to the delivery destinations set forth in this contract. (2) Prompt payment. The Government will make payment in accordance with the Prompt Payment Act (31 …
  • DFARS 204.7103-1 Criteria for establishing.
    …scription block and enclosed in parentheses); or (vi) When the contract is an indefinite delivery type contract and provides that the price of an item shall be determined at the time a delivery order is placed and the price is influenced b…
  • DFARS 204.7502 Policy.
    … requiring activity. (2) Contracting officers shall not award a contract, task order, or delivery order to an offeror that does not have a current CMMC status at the CMMC level required by the solicitation. (3) Contractors are required to…
  • DFARS 232.102-70 Provisional delivery payments.
    (a) The contracting officer may establish provisional delivery payments to pay contractors for the costs of supplies and services delivered to and accepted by the Government under the following contract actions if undefinitized: (1) Letter…
  • DFARS 242.708 Quick-closeout procedure.
    …tiate the settlement of direct and indirect costs for a specific contract, task order, or delivery order to be closed in advance of the determination of final direct costs and indirect rates set forth in FAR 42.705, regardless of the dollar…
  • DFARS 252.225-7013 Duty-Free Entry.
    …propriate— (i) Military department in care of the Contractor, including the Contractor's delivery address; or (ii) Military installation; and (2) Include the following information: (i) Prime contract number and, if applicable, delivery …
  • DFARS 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports.
    …ing payment or invoice payment submitted by the Contractor under this contract or task or delivery order. Receiving report means the data prepared in the manner and to the extent required by Appendix F, Material Inspection and Receiving Re…
  • DFARS 252.244-7001 Contractor Purchasing System Administration.
    …, negotiation of prices with vendors, placing and administering of orders, and expediting delivery of materials. (b) General. The Contractor shall establish and maintain an acceptable purchasing system. Failure to maintain an acceptable pu…
  • FAR 7.107-4 Substantial bundling.
    (a)(1) Substantial bundling is any bundling that results in a contract or task or delivery order with an estimated value of— (i) $8 million or more for the Department of Defense; (ii) $6 million or more for the National Aeronautics and Sp…
  • FAR 8.402 General.
    …cial supplies and commercial services at prices associated with volume buying. Indefinite delivery contracts are awarded to provide supplies and services at stated prices for given periods of time. GSA may delegate certain responsibilities …
  • FAR 8.406-1 Order placement.
    …d billing addresses. (2) Contract number and date. (3) Agency order number. (4) F.o.b. delivery point; i.e., origin or destination. (5) Discount terms. (6) Delivery time or period of performance. (7) Special item number or national st…
  • FAR 52.217-11 Reverse Auction—Orders.
    …ation 3.104-1; (2) Price or proposal information similarly generated for a task order or delivery order or an order under a blanket purchase agreement; and (3) Information identified by the Contractor or blanket purchase agreement holder …
  • FAR 52.217-12 Reverse Auction Services.
    …ment data unless specifically authorized by the terms of this contract or a task order or delivery order issued hereunder. (ii) If authorized by the terms of this contract or a task order or delivery order issued hereunder, any access to, …
  • FAR 52.232-25 Prompt payment.
    …hable egg product, as close as possible to, but not later than, the 7th day after product delivery. (B) For fresh or frozen fish, as defined in section 204(3) of the Fish and Seafood Promotion Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 4003(3)), as close as p…
  • FAR 52.242-15 Stop-Work Order.
    …ctor shall resume work. The Contracting Officer shall make an equitable adjustment in the delivery schedule or contract price, or both, and the contract shall be modified, in writing, accordingly, if— (1) The stop-work order results in an …
  • DFARS 204.7503 Procedures.
    …(b) Award. Contracting officers shall check SPRS and not award a contract, task order, or delivery order to an offeror that does not have a current CMMC status posted in SPRS at the CMMC level (see 32 CFR 170.15 through 170.18) required by …
  • FAR 4.606 Reporting Data.
    …buys over the micro-purchase threshold awarded by a contracting officer. (ii) Indefinite delivery vehicle (identified as an “IDV” in FPDS). Examples of IDVs include the following: (A) Task and Delivery Order Contracts (see Subpart 16.5), …
  • FAR 4.1703 Reporting requirements.
    …ontracts for services based on type of contract and estimated total value. For indefinite-delivery contracts, reporting shall be determined based on the type and estimated total value of each order under the contract. Indefinite-delivery co…
  • FAR 5.703 Definition.
    As used in this subpart— Task or delivery order contract means a “delivery order contract,” and a “task order contract,” as defined in 16.501-1. For example, it includes Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs), multi-agency contracts …
  • FAR 5.705 Publicizing postaward.
    …; (ii) Modifications to existing contracts; (iii) Orders which are issued under task or delivery order contracts; and (iv) Modifications to orders under task or delivery order contracts. (2) Contracting officers shall identify contract …
  • FAR 7.104 General procedures.
    …istics personnel should avoid issuing requirements on an urgent basis or with unrealistic delivery or performance schedules, since it generally restricts competition and increases prices. Early in the planning process, the planner should co…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …standards of the services being acquired and state how they are related to the need. (5) Delivery or performance-period requirements. Describe the basis for establishing delivery or performance-period requirements (see subpart 11.4). Expla…
  • FAR 8.705-4 Compliance with orders.
    …central nonprofit agency or AbilityOne participating nonprofit agency for revision in the delivery or completion schedule, if feasible. If extension of the delivery or completion date is not feasible, the ordering office shall notify the ap…
  • FAR 11.403 Supplies or services.
    (a) The contracting officer may express contract delivery or performance schedules in terms of— (1) Specific calendar dates; (2) Specific periods from the date of the contract; i.e., from the date of award or acceptance by the Government,…
  • FAR 11.404 Contract clauses.
    (a) Supplies or services. (1) The contracting officer may use a time of delivery clause to set forth a required delivery schedule and to allow an offeror to propose an alternative delivery schedule. The clauses and their alternates may be u…
  • FAR 12.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …pecify applicability of Alternate II to that modification. (2) In the case of a task- or delivery-order contract in which not all orders will use funds appropriated or otherwise made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act …
  • FAR 13.303-3 Preparation of BPAs.
    …n title or individual shall be furnished to the supplier by the contracting officer. (5) Delivery tickets. A requirement that all shipments under the agreement, except those for newspapers, magazines, or other periodicals, shall be accompa…
  • FAR 13.306 SF 44, Purchase Order—Invoice—Voucher.
    …ic activities or items; (2) The supplies or services are immediately available; (3) One delivery and one payment will be made; and (4) Its use is determined to be more economical and efficient than use of other simplified acquisition pro…

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