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32 sections with “indefinite-quantity”

  • FAR 16.504 Indefinite-quantity contracts.
    (a) Description. An indefinite-quantity contract provides for an indefinite quantity, within stated limits, of supplies or services during a fixed period. The Government places orders for individual requirements. Quantity limits may be stat…
  • DFARS 216.504 Indefinite-quantity contracts.
    (c) Multiple award preference—(1) Planning the acquisition. (ii)(D)(1) The senior procurement executive has the authority to make the determination authorized in FAR 16.504(c)(1)(ii)(D)(1). (i) In accordance with 10 U.S.C. 3403(d)(3), when…
  • FAR 16.506 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …citations and contracts when a definite-quantity contract, a requirements contract, or an indefinite-quantity contract is contemplated. (b) Insert a clause substantially the same as the clause at 52.216-19, Order Limitations, in solicitati…
  • FAR 16.501-2 General.
    …f indefinite-delivery contracts: Definite-quantity contracts, requirements contracts, and indefinite-quantity contracts. The appropriate type of indefinite-delivery contract may be used to acquire supplies and/or services when the exact tim…
  • FAR 39.203 Applicability.
    …and services shall meet the applicable ICT accessibility standards at 36 CFR 1194.1. (b) Indefinite-quantity contracts. Confirmation of an exception or a determination of an exemption is not required prior to award of an indefinite-quantit…
  • FAR 22.807 Exemptions.
    …t the exemption will not interfere with, or impede the effectiveness of, E.O. 11246. (6) Indefinite-quantity contracts. With respect to indefinite-quantity contracts and subcontracts, the Equal Opportunity clause applies unless the contrac…
  • FAR 32.703-2 Contracts conditioned upon availability of funds.
    … specific statutory authority exists permitting applicability to other requirements. (b) Indefinite-quantity or requirements contracts. A one-year indefinite-quantity or requirements contract for services that is funded by annual appropria…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …g data for each order when reporting subcontracting achievements for indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts with individual subcontracting plans where the contract is intended for use by multiple agencies; (iv) Submit the Indiv…
  • FAR 52.222-32 Construction Wage Rate Requirements—Price Adjustment (Actual Method).
    …s follows: (1) Computation for contract unit price per single craft hour for schedule of indefinite-quantity work. For each labor classification, the difference between the actual wage and benefit rates (combined) paid and the wage and ben…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …5, including Governmentwide acquisition contracts; or (3) Any other indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract entered into with two or more sources pursuant to the same solicitation. Must (see “shall”). National defense means any…
  • FAR 3.104-1 Definitions.
    …he total estimated value at the time of award of all orders under an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity, or requirements contract; (3) Any multiple award schedule contract, unless the contracting officer documents a lower estimate; …
  • FAR 4.1005-2 Exceptions.
    …livery date and destination, or period and place of performance. (2) Indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) and requirements contracts. (i) IDIQ and requirements contracts may omit the quantity at the line item level for the base a…
  • FAR 4.1703 Reporting requirements.
    …delivery contracts include, but are not limited to, contracts such as indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts, Federal Supply Schedule contracts (FSSs), Governmentwide acquisition contracts (GWACs), and multi-agency contrac…
  • FAR 5.703 Definition.
    …quisition Contracts (GWACs), multi-agency contracts (MACs), and other indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts, whether single award or multiple award. It also includes Federal Supply Schedule contracts (including Blanket Purchase …
  • FAR 6.001 Applicability.
    …ced under requirements contracts or definite-quantity contracts; (e) Orders placed under indefinite-quantity contracts that were entered into pursuant to this part when— (1) The contract was awarded under subpart 6.1 or 6.2 and all respon…
  • FAR 10.001 Policy.
    … U.S.C. 657q); (v) Before awarding a task or delivery order under an indefinite-delivery-indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract (e.g., GWACs, MACs) for other than a commercial product or commercial service in excess of the simplified acquisi…
  • FAR 11.105 Items peculiar to one manufacturer.
    …5.102(a)(6).) (b) For multiple award schedule orders, see 8.405-6. (c) For orders under indefinite-quantity contracts, see 16.505(a)(4).
  • FAR 16.500 Scope of subpart.
    … indefinite-delivery contracts and establishes a preference for making multiple awards of indefinite-quantity contracts. (b) This subpart does not limit the use of other than competitive procedures authorized by part 6. (c) Nothing in thi…
  • FAR 19.704 Subcontracting plan requirements.
    …g data for each order when reporting subcontracting achievements for indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts with individual subcontracting plans where the contract is intended for use by multiple agencies; (iv) Submit the Indiv…
  • FAR 19.705-1 General.
    …the contracting officer shall require a subcontracting plan for each indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract (including task or delivery order contracts, FSS, GWACs, and MACs), when the estimated value of the contract meets the su…
  • FAR 19.705-2 Determining the need for a subcontracting plan.
    … may establish separate subcontracting goals for each order under an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract (19.705-1(b)(2)). When a contract modification exceeds the subcontracting plan threshold (see 19.702(a)) or an option is …
  • FAR 19.804-6 Indefinite-delivery contracts.
    …, multi-agency contracts or Governmentwide acquisition contracts, or indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts) that have been set aside for exclusive competition among 8(a) contractors, and the individual order is to be com…
  • FAR 22.404-12 Labor standards for contracts containing construction requirements and option provisions that extend the term of the contract.
    …f a contract with an option to extend the term of the contract has indefinite-delivery or indefinite-quantity construction requirements, the contracting officer must incorporate the wage determination incorporated into the contract at the e…
  • FAR 22.503 Policy.
    …) Any other factors that the agency decides are appropriate. (d) For indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts the use of a project labor agreement may be required on an order-by-order basis rather than for the entire contra…
  • FAR 22.1605 Contract clause.
    …he-shelf items, except acquisitions— (1) Under the simplified acquisition threshold. For indefinite-quantity contracts, include the clause only if the value of orders in any calendar year of the contract is expected to exceed the simplifie…
  • FAR 28.102-2 Amount required.
    …, for requirements contracts, the price payable for the estimated total quantity; or, for indefinite-quantity contracts, the price payable for the specified minimum quantity. Original contract price does not include the price of any options…
  • FAR 32.706-1 Clauses for contracting in advance of funds.
    …ilability of Funds for the Next Fiscal Year, in solicitations and contracts if a one-year indefinite-quantity or requirements contract for services is contemplated and the contract— (1) Is funded by annual appropriations; and (2) Is to ex…
  • FAR 52.209-7 Information Regarding Responsibility Matters.
    …lue of all current, active orders including all priced options under indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity, 8(a), or requirements contracts (including task and delivery and multiple-award Schedules). Principal means an officer, director…
  • FAR 52.216-22 Indefinite Quantity.
    …n 16.506(e), insert the following clause: Indefinite Quantity (OCT 1995) (a) This is an indefinite-quantity contract for the supplies or services specified, and effective for the period stated, in the Schedule. The quantities of supplies …
  • FAR 52.228-15 Performance and Payment Bonds—Construction.
    …, for requirements contracts, the price payable for the estimated total quantity; or, for indefinite-quantity contracts, the price payable for the specified minimum quantity. Original contract price does not include the price of any options…
  • FAR 52.228-16 Performance and Payment Bonds—Other Than Construction.
    …act or, for requirements contracts, the price payable for the estimated quantity; or, for indefinite-quantity contracts, the price payable for the specified minimum quantity. Original contract price does not include the price of any options…
  • DFARS 236.303-1 Phase One.
    …shall not exceed five, unless— (A) The solicitation is issued for an indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity contract for design-build construction; or (B) The head of the contracting activity, delegable to a level no lower than the senio…

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