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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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19 sections with “like quantities”

  • FAR 19.202-1 Encouraging small business participation in acquisitions.
    …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 acquisition is for construction and seeks to package or consolidat…
  • FAR 52.216-2 Economic Price Adjustment—Standard Supplies.
    …xcess of the Contractor's applicable established price in effect on the contract date for like quantities of the same item. The term unit price excludes any part of the price directly resulting from requirements for preservation, packaging,…
  • FAR 52.216-3 Economic Price Adjustment—Semistandard Supplies.
    …s stated in the contract for these line items and the Contractor's established prices for like quantities of the nearest commercial equivalents are due to compliance with contract specifications and with any contract requirements for preser…
  • DFARS 252.216-7000 Economic Price Adjustment—Basic Steel, Aluminum, Brass, Bronze, or Copper Mill Products.
    … date set for opening of bids (or the contract date if this is a negotiated contract) for like quantities of the same item. This price is the net price after applying any applicable standard trade discounts offered by the Contractor from it…
  • DFARS 252.216-7001 Economic Price Adjustment-Nonstandard Steel Items.
    …ii) The Contractor's established prices (see note 6), including all applicable extras for like quantities of the item that are relevant to the computation of the base steel index and the current steel index. (3) Upon request of the Contrac…
  • DFARS 252.216-7007 Economic price adjustment—basic steel, aluminum, brass, bronze, or copper mill products-representation.
    …set for opening of bids (or the contract date if this is to be a negotiated contract) for like quantities of the same item. This price is the net price after applying any applicable standard trade discounts offered by the offeror from its c…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ion for a single contract, a multiple-award contract, or a task or delivery order that is likely to be unsuitable for award to a small business concern (even if it is suitable for award to a small business with a Small Business Teaming Arra…
  • FAR 7.106 Additional requirements for major systems.
    …tems which the Government will be able to acquire competitively in the future if they are likely to be needed in substantial quantities during the system's service life. (b) In planning for the solicitation of a major system (see part 34) …
  • FAR 15.407-4 Should-cost review.
    …basis; (iii) There are future year production requirements for substantial quantities of like items; (iv) The items being acquired have a history of increasing costs; (v) The work is sufficiently defined to permit an effective analysis a…
  • FAR 17.202 Use of options.
    …ng, the contracting officer shall make a written determination that there is a reasonable likelihood that the options will be exercised before including the provision at 52.217-5, Evaluation of Options, in the solicitation. (See 17.207(f) w…
  • FAR 52.222-53 Exemption From Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Certain Services—Requirements.
    …ce, based on the nature of the subcontract requirements and knowledge of the practices of likely subcontractors, that all or nearly all likely subcontractors will meet the conditions in paragraphs (a) through (d) of this clause. If the serv…
  • DFARS 252.242-7004 Material Management and Accounting System.
    …d, or detected and corrected, on a timely basis. A reasonable possibility exists when the likelihood of an event occurring is— (1) Probable; or (2) More than remote but less than likely (section 806 of Pub. L. 116-283). Valid time-phased…
  • FAR 13.303-2 Establishment of BPAs.
    …which numerous individual purchases at or below the simplified acquisition threshold will likely be made in a given period; or (3) Federal Supply Schedule contractors, if not inconsistent with the terms of the applicable schedule contract.…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …nd should reflect the Government's best estimate of the cost of any contract that is most likely to result from the offeror's proposal. The probable cost shall be used for purposes of evaluation to determine the best value. (ii) The probab…
  • FAR 16.504 Indefinite-quantity contracts.
    …cialize exclusively in one or a few areas within the statement of work, thus creating the likelihood that orders in those areas will be awarded on a sole-source basis; however, each awardee need not be capable of performing every requiremen…
  • FAR 17.206 Evaluation.
    …olicitation when it has been determined prior to soliciting offers that the Government is likely to exercise the options. (See 17.208.) (b) The contracting officer need not evaluate offers for any option quantities when it is determined th…
  • FAR 22.1003-4 Administrative limitations, variations, tolerances, and exemptions.
    …ation, based on the nature of the contract requirements and knowledge of the practices of likely offerors, that all or nearly all offerors will meet the conditions in paragraph (d)(2)(ii) through (v) of this subsection. If the services are …
  • FAR 25.103 Exceptions.
    …2)). (ii) If the contracting officer considers that the nonavailability of an article is likely to affect future acquisitions, the contracting officer may submit a copy of the determination and supporting documentation to the appropriate c…
  • DFARS 204.7104-1 Criteria for establishing.
    …unting classification citation. Establish a line item rather than a subline item if it is likely that a subline item may be assigned additional accounting classification citations at a later date. Identify the funding as described in 204.71…

FAR (chapter 1)

DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)

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