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27 sections with “excess quantities”

  • FAR 52.211-17 Delivery of Excess Quantities.
    As prescribed in 11.703(b), insert the following clause: Delivery of Excess Quantities (SEP 1989) The Contractor is responsible for the delivery of each item quantity within allowable variations, if any. If the Contractor delivers and the…
  • FAR 11.701 Supply contracts.
    …act, within allowable variations, if any. If a contractor delivers a quantity of items in excess of the contract requirements plus any allowable variation in quantity, particularly small dollar value overshipments, it results in unnecessary…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …ifications requiring the contractor to provide packing, crating, and handling services on excess Government property. When the ACO determines it to be in the Government's interests, the services may be secured from a contractor other than t…
  • FAR 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).
    …to insert the percentage per instructions at 13.302-5(d)(4).]) (xix) 52.226-6, Promoting Excess Food Donation to Nonprofit Organizations (JUN 2020) (42 U.S.C. 1792) (Applies to contracts greater than the threshold specified in FAR 26.404 o…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    … of the product or service. (Section 314 of Pub. L. 107-314, 10 U.S.C. chapter 223 note) Excess personal property means any personal property under the control of a Federal agency that the agency head determines is not required for its nee…
  • FAR 11.703 Contract clauses.
    …of supplies. (b) The contracting officer may insert the clause at 52.211-17, Delivery of Excess Quantities, in solicitations and contracts, when a fixed-price supply contract is contemplated. (c) The contracting officer shall insert the c…
  • FAR 31.205-19 Insurance and indemnification.
    …surance is available, any self-insurance charge plus insurance administration expenses in excess of the cost of comparable purchased insurance plus associated insurance administration expenses is unallowable. (4) Self-insurance charges for…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …e for certain purposes (e.g., ANCs, see 13 CFR 125.3(b)(2))) that receive subcontracts in excess of the applicable threshold specified in FAR 19.702(a) on the date of subcontract award, with further subcontracting possibilities to adopt a s…
  • DFARS 252.242-7004 Material Management and Accounting System.
    … Government due to lower accuracy levels; and (B) The cost to meet the accuracy goals is excessive in relation to the impact on the Government; (3) Provide a mechanism to identify, report, and resolve system control weaknesses and manual …
  • FAR 31.205-42 Termination costs.
    … to the extent that the quantities of such items on hand, in transit, and on order are in excess of the reasonable quantitative requirements of other work. (b) Costs continuing after termination. Despite all reasonable efforts by the contr…
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …) Ceiling price. The Government will not be obligated to pay the Contractor any amount in excess of the ceiling price in the Schedule, and the Contractor shall not be obligated to continue performance if to do so would exceed the ceiling pr…
  • FAR 52.216-19 Order Limitations.
    …imum order. The Contractor is not obligated to honor— (1) Any order for a single item in excess of ___ [insert dollar figure or quantity]; (2) Any order for a combination of items in excess of ___ [insert dollar figure or quantity]; or (…
  • FAR 52.216-21 Requirements.
    …dule. (d) The Government is not required to purchase from the Contractor requirements in excess of any limit on total orders under this contract. (e) If the Government urgently requires delivery of any quantity of an item before the earli…
  • FAR 52.232-7 Payments under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts.
    …) Ceiling price. The Government will not be obligated to pay the Contractor any amount in excess of the ceiling price in the Schedule, and the Contractor shall not be obligated to continue performance if to do so would exceed the ceiling pr…
  • DFARS 252.225-7009 Restriction on Acquisition of Certain Articles Containing Specialty Metals.
    … iron-nickel alloys that contain a total of alloying metals other than nickel and iron in excess of 10 percent; or (B) Cobalt alloys that contain a total of alloying metals other than cobalt and iron in excess of 10 percent; (iii) Titaniu…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …strated that its functions provide added value to the contracting effort and there are no excessive pass-through charges. Table 15-2—Instructions for Submitting Cost/Price Proposals When Certified Cost or Pricing Data Are Required This do…
  • FAR 16.503 Requirements contracts.
    …tion, no solicitation for a requirements contract for advisory and assistance services in excess of three years and $20 million (including all options) may be issued unless the contracting officer or other official designated by the head of…
  • FAR 17.105-1 Uses.
    …he supplies to be acquired, and the technical risks associated with such supplies are not excessive; (4) There is a reasonable expectation that, throughout the contemplated contract period, the head of the agency will request funding for t…
  • FAR 48.001 Definitions.
    …ncrease in the instant contract cost or price when the acceptance of a VECP results in an excess of the contractor's allowable development and implementation costs over the product of the instant unit cost reduction multiplied by the number…
  • FAR 52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting With Contractors Debarred, Suspended, Proposed for Debarment, or Voluntarily Excluded.
    …lly available off-the-shelf item, the Contractor shall not enter into any subcontract, in excess of the threshold specified in FAR 9.405-2(b) on the date of subcontract award, with a Contractor that is debarred, suspended, or proposed for d…
  • FAR 52.216-2 Economic Price Adjustment—Standard Supplies.
    …rice stated in the Schedule for ____ [offeror insert Schedule line item number] is not in excess of the Contractor's applicable established price in effect on the contract date for like quantities of the same item. The term unit price exclu…
  • FAR 52.248-1 Value Engineering.
    …ncrease in the cost or price of this contract when the acceptance of a VECP results in an excess of the Contractor's allowable development and implementation costs over the product of the instant unit cost reduction multiplied by the number…
  • DFARS 208.7003-2 Assignments under coordinated acquisition.
    …)(1) (i) through (vii); (b) Items obtained under 208.7003-1(a); (c) Requirements not in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold in FAR part 2, when contracting by the requiring department is in the best interest of the Government; …
  • DFARS 217.172 Multiyear contracts for supplies.
    …ired pursuant to such contract has not been determined to have experienced cost growth in excess of the critical cost growth threshold pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 4371(a)(3) within 5 years prior to the date the Secretary anticipates such contract…
  • DFARS 225.872-2 Applicability.
    …uirements purchased under the authority of FAR 6.302-3(a)(2)(i), except for quantities in excess of that required to maintain the defense mobilization base. This restriction does not apply to Canadian planned producers. (i) Review individu…
  • DFARS 252.216-7000 Economic Price Adjustment—Basic Steel, Aluminum, Brass, Bronze, or Copper Mill Products.
    …or in its offer, the unit price stated for ________________ (Identify the item) is not in excess of the Contractor's established price in effect on the date set for opening of bids (or the contract date if this is a negotiated contract) for…
  • DFARS 252.216-7007 Economic price adjustment—basic steel, aluminum, brass, bronze, or copper mill products-representation.
    …at the unit price stated in this offer for ________________ (Identify the item) is not in excess of the offeror's established price in effect on the date set for opening of bids (or the contract date if this is to be a negotiated contract) …

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