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43 sections with “estimated quantities”: the first 40

  • FAR 52.247-20 Estimated Quantities or Weights for Evaluation of Offers.
    …tities or weights of shipments between each origin and destination are not known, stating estimated quantity or weight for each origin/destination pair: Estimated Quantities or Weights for Evaluation of Offers (APR 1984) For the purpose o…
  • FAR 52.247-8 Estimated Weights or Quantities Not Guaranteed.
    …rtation or for transportation-related services when weights or quantities are estimates: Estimated Weights or Quantities Not Guaranteed (APR 1984) The estimated weights or quantities are not a guarantee of actual weights or quantities, as…
  • FAR 8.405-3 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
    …ward BPAs, rather than establishing a single-award BPA. (ii) No single-award BPA with an estimated value exceeding $150 million (including any options), may be awarded unless the head of the agency determines in writing that— (A) The orde…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …e. While they do not indicate the accuracy of the prospective contractor's judgment about estimated future costs or projections, they do include the data forming the basis for that judgment. Cost or pricing data are more than historical acc…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …ery orders as follows: (A) For civilian agencies, insert the clause when— (1) The total estimated contract or order value exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold as defined in section 2.101 and (2) The contemplated contract type is …
  • FAR 47.207-6 Rates and charges.
    …rigin to two or more consignees along the route between origin and last destination. (6) Estimated quantities or weights. The contracting officer shall insert in solicitations the provision at 52.247-20, Estimated Quantities or Weights for…
  • FAR 52.216-21 Requirements.
    …, if the Government's requirements do not result in orders in the quantities described as estimated or maximum in the Schedule, that fact shall not constitute the basis for an equitable price adjustment. (b) Delivery or performance shall b…
  • DFARS 252.225-7045 Balance of Payments Program—Construction Material Under Trade Agreements.
    … if the cost of iron and steel not produced in the United States (excluding fasteners) as estimated in good faith by the contractor, constitutes less than 5 percent of the cost of all the components used in such construction material (produ…
  • FAR 11.702 Construction contracts.
    Construction contracts may authorize a variation in estimated quantities of unit-priced items. When the variation between the estimated quantity and the actual quantity of a unit-priced item is more than plus or minus 15 percent, an equitab…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …ating specific elements of each offeror's proposed cost estimate to determine whether the estimated proposed cost elements are realistic for the work to be performed; reflect a clear understanding of the requirements; and are consistent wit…
  • FAR 15.407-2 Make-or-buy programs.
    … program plans for negotiated acquisitions requiring certified cost or pricing data whose estimated value is $20 million or more, except when the proposed contract is for research or development and, if prototypes or hardware are involved, …
  • FAR 16.503 Requirements contracts.
    … information of offerors and contractors, the contracting officer shall state a realistic estimated total quantity in the solicitation and resulting contract. This estimate is not a representation to an offeror or contractor that the estima…
  • FAR 19.804-1 Agency evaluation.
    …items or work that 8(a) participants are seeking to provide, identified in terms of— (1) Estimated quantities of the supplies or services required or the estimated number of construction projects planned; (2) Length of contract, including…
  • FAR 22.805 Procedures.
    …truction). (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (a)(4) and (a)(8) of this section, if the estimated amount of the contract or subcontract is $10 million or more, the contracting officer shall request clearance from the appropriate OFCCP reg…
  • FAR 36.207 Pricing fixed-price construction contracts.
    … or site preparation are involved; (2) Quantities of work, such as excavation, cannot be estimated with sufficient confidence to permit a lump-sum offer without a substantial contingency; (3) Estimated quantities of work required may chan…
  • FAR 52.247-62 Specific Quantities Unknown.
    …ions indicated: (b) If the quantity shipped to each destination varies from the quantity estimated, and if the variation results in a change in the transportation costs, appropriate adjustment shall be made. (End of clause)
  • FAR 52.248-3 Value Engineering—Construction.
    …osts of processing the VECP. Instant contract savings, as used in this clause, means the estimated reduction in Contractor cost of performance resulting from acceptance of the VECP, minus allowable Contractor's development and implementati…
  • DFARS 252.225-7044 Balance of Payments Program—Construction Material.
    … if the cost of iron and steel not produced in the United States (excluding fasteners) as estimated in good faith by the contractor, constitutes less than 5 percent of the cost of all the components used in such construction material (produ…
  • FAR 1.702 General.
    …onable degree of flexibility. Furthermore, in their application, reasonable variations in estimated quantities or prices are permitted, unless the D&F specifies otherwise. (b) When an option is anticipated, the D&F shall state the approxim…
  • FAR 47.305-5 Destination unknown.
    …signate tentative destinations for the purpose of computing transportation costs, showing estimated quantities for each tentative destination. (2) The contracting officer shall insert in solicitations the provision at 52.247-49, Destinatio…
  • FAR 52.248-1 Value Engineering.
    …s possible after any negotiations are completed) shall— (1) Reduce the contract price or estimated cost by the amount of instant contract savings, unless this is an incentive contract; (2) When the amount of instant contract savings is ne…
  • DFARS 247.271-1 Policy.
    …imum capability. The contracting officer must— (1) Establish realistic quantities on the Estimated Quantities Report in DoD 4500.9-R, Defense Transportation Regulation, Part IV; (2) Ensure that the Government's minimum acceptable daily ca…
  • DFARS 252.237-7012 Instruction to offerors (count-of-articles).
    …ction of the offer on that lot. The Contracting Officer will evaluate offers based on the estimated quantities in the solicitation. (c) Award generally will be made to a single offeror for all lots. However, the Contracting Officer may awa…
  • FAR 5.207 Preparation and transmittal of synopses.
    …econstruction (see part 23 and 36.104). (12) For a proposed contract action in an amount estimated to be greater than $25,000 but not greater than the simplified acquisition threshold, enter— (i) A description of the procedures to be used…
  • FAR 11.703 Contract clauses.
    …emplated. (c) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.211-18, Variation in Estimated Quantity, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract is contemplated that authorizes a variation in the estimat…
  • FAR 16.501-2 General.
    …st or pricing arrangement under part 16. Cost or pricing arrangements that provide for an estimated quantity of supplies or services (e.g., estimated number of labor hours) must comply with the appropriate procedures of this subpart.
  • FAR 16.504 Indefinite-quantity contracts.
    …lly related that only a single contractor can reasonably perform the work; (5) The total estimated value of the contract is at or below the simplified acquisition threshold; or (6) Multiple awards would not be in the best interests of the…
  • FAR 19.804-2 Agency offering.
    …med or items to be delivered, and a copy of the statement of work, if available. (2) The estimated period of performance. (3) The NAICS code that applies to the principal nature of the acquisition. (4) The anticipated dollar value of the…
  • FAR 47.207-3 Description of shipment, origin, and destination.
    …tation services required over an extended period of time, include a schedule of actual or estimated tonnage or number of items to be transported per week, month, or other time period. (ii) If the contract covers a group movement of househo…
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …dule or, if no reimbursement for indirect costs, insert ‘None’).”] (2) Total cost. It is estimated that the total cost to the Government for the performance of this contract shall not exceed the ceiling price set forth in the Schedule and …
  • FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons.
    …he United States, or services to be performed outside the United States; and (ii) Has an estimated value that exceeds $700,000. (2) The Contractor shall maintain a compliance plan during the performance of the contract that is appropriate…
  • FAR 52.232-7 Payments under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts.
    …nt was obtained shall be at the sole discretion of the Government. (d) Total cost. It is estimated that the total cost to the Government for the performance of this contract shall not exceed the ceiling price set forth in the Schedule, and…
  • FAR 9.306 Solicitation requirements.
    …) Include, when the Government is responsible for first article testing, the Government's estimated testing costs as a factor for use in evaluating offers (when appropriate); and (j) Inform offerors that the prices for first articles and f…
  • FAR 17.105-1 Uses.
    …plies if— (1) The use of such a contract will result in significant savings of the total estimated costs of carrying out the program through annual contracts; (2) The minimum need to be purchased is expected to remain substantially unchan…
  • FAR 19.202-1 Encouraging small business participation in acquisitions.
    …ently being provided by a small business and the proposed acquisition is of a quantity or estimated dollar value, the magnitude of which makes it unlikely that small businesses can compete for the prime contract; (ii) The proposed acquisit…
  • FAR 19.807 Estimating the fair market price.
    …rk if there is comparability in quantities, conditions, terms, and performance times. The estimated price should be adjusted to reflect differences in specifications, plans, transportation costs, packaging and packing costs, and other circu…
  • FAR 25.202 Exceptions.
    … inspection. (c) Acquisitions under trade agreements. For construction contracts with an estimated acquisition value of $6,683,000 or more, see subpart 25.4.
  • FAR 25.603 Exceptions.
    … waived. (c) Acquisitions under trade agreements. (1) For construction contracts with an estimated acquisition value of $6,683,000 or more, also see subpart 25.4. Offers proposing the use of construction material from a designated country …
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …nsure timely notification by the contractor of any anticipated overrun or underrun of the estimated cost under cost-reimbursement contracts. (17) Monitor the contractor's financial condition and advise the contracting officer when it jeopa…
  • DFARS 225.7304 FMS customer involvement.
    …r an explanation of any significant differences between the actual contract price and the estimated contract price included in the initial LOA; and (2) May be provided orally, in writing, or by any other method acceptable to the contractin…

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