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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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16 sections with “economic purchase quantities”

  • FAR 14.212 Economic purchase quantities (supplies).
    Contracting officers shall comply with the economic purchase quantity planning requirements for supplies in subpart 7.2. See 7.203 for instructions regarding use of the provision at 52.207-4, Economic Purchase Quantity—Supplies, and 7.204 f…
  • FAR 52.207-4 Economic Purchase Quantity—Supplies.
    As prescribed in 7.203, insert the following provision: Economic Purchase Quantity—Supplies (AUG 1987) (a) Offerors are invited to state an opinion on whether the quantity(ies) of supplies on which bids, proposals or quotes are requested …
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    … does not involve a process of valuation. Useful life refers to the prospective period of economic usefulness in a particular contractor's operations as distinguished from physical life; it is evidenced by the actual or estimated retirement…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …ttlement Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1601, et seq.) and which is considered a minority and economically disadvantaged concern under the criteria at 43 U.S.C. 1626(e)(1). This definition also includes ANC direct and indirect subsidiary corpor…
  • FAR 7.204 Responsibilities of contracting officers.
    … management/requirements development activities in accordance with agency procedures. The economic purchase quantity data so obtained are intended to assist inventory managers in establishing and evaluating economic order quantities for sup…
  • FAR 8.706 Purchase exceptions.
    … in the quantities required; or (2) The quantity required cannot be produced or provided economically by the AbilityOne participating nonprofit agencies. (c) The central nonprofit agency granting the exception shall specify the quantity a…
  • DFARS 217.172 Multiyear contracts for supplies.
    …erials necessary to manufacture a weapon system, including advance procurement to achieve economic lot purchases or more efficient production rates (see paragraphs (h)(3) and (4) of this section regarding economic order quantity procurement…
  • DFARS 252.225-7021 Trade Agreements.
    …erived from petroleum, that are not granted duty-free treatment under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703(b)). These exclusions presently consist of— (i) Textiles, apparel articles, footwear, handbags, luggage, flat g…
  • FAR 13.101 General.
    …g purchases, contracting officers shall— (1) Comply with the policy in 7.202 relating to economic purchase quantities, when practicable; (2) Satisfy the procedures described in subpart 19.6 with respect to Certificates of Competency befor…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    … contemplated that a make-or- buy program will be incorporated in the contract. If a less economical “make” or “buy” categorization is selected for one or more items of significant value, the contracting officer shall use the clause with— …
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …usted to account for materially differing terms and conditions, quantities and market and economic factors. For similar items, the contracting officer must also adjust the prior price to account for material differences between the similar …
  • DFARS 215.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …icer shall consider materially differing terms and conditions, quantities, and market and economic factors (see PGI 215.404-1(b)(v)). For similar items, the contracting officer shall also consider material differences between the similar it…
  • FAR 9.104-3 Application of standards.
    …le Under the SDVOSB Program; 52.219-29, Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole-Source Award to, Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business Concerns; and 52.219-30, Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole-Source Award to, Women-Owned Small Bus…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …(7) Negotiate and definitize adjustments to contract prices resulting from exercise of an economic price adjustment clause (see subpart 16.2). (8) Issue change orders and negotiate and execute resulting supplemental agreements under contra…
  • FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …price evaluation preference; or (3) Is an 8(a), HUBZone, service-disabled veteran-owned, economically disadvantaged women-owned, or women-owned small business set-aside or sole-source award regardless of dollar value. (b) Submission of of…
  • DFARS 252.242-7004 Material Management and Accounting System.
    …llocated to a contract are based on valid time-phased requirements as impacted by minimum/economic order quantity restrictions. (i) A 98 percent bill of material accuracy and a 95 percent master production schedule accuracy are desirable a…

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