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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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208 sections with “maximum”: the first 40

  • FAR 32.503-12 Maximum unliquidated amount.
    (a) The contracting officer shall ensure that any excess of the unliquidated progress payments over the contractual limitation in paragraph (a) of the Progress Payments clause in the contract is promptly corrected through one or more of the…
  • FAR 16.504 Indefinite-quantity contracts.
    … ordered, the contractor must furnish any additional quantities, not to exceed the stated maximum. The contracting officer should establish a reasonable maximum quantity based on market research, trends on recent contracts for similar suppl…
  • FAR 31.205-46 Travel costs.
    … reasonable and allowable only to the extent that they do not exceed on a daily basis the maximum per diem rates in effect at the time of travel as set forth in the— (i) Federal Travel Regulation, prescribed by the General Services Adminis…
  • FAR 8.405-3 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
    …. (viii) Delivery terms. (3)(i) The ordering activity contracting officer shall, to the maximum extent practicable, give preference to establishing multiple-award BPAs, rather than establishing a single-award BPA. (ii) No single-award BP…
  • FAR 13.003 Policy.
    (a) Agencies shall use simplified acquisition procedures to the maximum extent practicable for all purchases of supplies or services not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold (including purchases at or below the micro-purchase thre…
  • FAR 16.503 Requirements contracts.
    …n the most current information available. (2) The contract shall state, if feasible, the maximum limit of the contractor's obligation to deliver and the Government's obligation to order. The contract may also specify maximum or minimum qua…
  • FAR 47.305-6 Shipments to ports and air terminals.
    …all include— (i) A delivery schedule in number of units and/or long or short tons; (ii) Maximum quantities available per shipment; (iii) The quantity that can be made available for loading to vessel per running day of 24 hours (if acquis…
  • FAR 52.232-12 Advance Payments.
    …t and applied to reduction of the unliquidated advance payments under this contract. (e) Maximum payment. When the sum of all unliquidated advance payments, unpaid interest charges, and other payments exceed _ percent of the contract price…
  • DFARS 236.303-1 Phase One.
    (a)(4) In lieu of the limitations on the maximum number of offerors that may be selected to submit phase-two proposals at FAR 36.303-1(a)(4), for DoD— (i) If the contract value exceeds $5.5 million, the maximum number of offerors specified…
  • FAR 4.1603 Procedures.
    …suing agency in these positions. Agencies may choose a minimum of four characters up to a maximum of eight characters to be used, but the same number of characters must be used agency-wide. If a number less than the maximum is used, do not …
  • FAR 11.501 Policy.
    …that is caused by late delivery or untimely performance of the particular contract. Use a maximum amount or a maximum period for assessing liquidated damages if these limits reflect the maximum probable damage to the Government. Also, the c…
  • FAR 13.104 Promoting competition.
    The contracting officer must promote competition to the maximum extent practicable to obtain supplies and services from the source whose offer is the most advantageous to the Government, considering the administrative cost of the purchase. …
  • FAR 14.408-4 Economic price adjustment.
    … a ceiling that the price will not exceed, the bid shall be evaluated on the basis of the maximum possible economic price adjustment of the quoted base price. (2) If the bid is eligible for award, the contracting officer shall request the …
  • FAR 16.405-1 Cost-plus-incentive-fee contracts.
    …total target costs. This contract type specifies a target cost, a target fee, minimum and maximum fees, and a fee adjustment formula. After contract performance, the fee payable to the contractor is determined in accordance with the formula…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …ers shall be within the scope, issued within the period of performance, and be within the maximum value of the contract. (3) Performance-based acquisition methods must be used to the maximum extent practicable, if the contract or order is …
  • FAR 19.201 General policy.
    (a) It is the policy of the Government to provide maximum practicable opportunities in its acquisitions to small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvanta…
  • FAR 32.501-3 Contract price.
    … price, the contracting officer may provisionally increase the price up to the ceiling or maximum price. (4) Under a letter contract, the contract price is the maximum amount obligated by the contract as modified. (5) Under an unpriced or…
  • FAR 36.303-1 Phase One.
    …Phase One); (3) Phase-two evaluation factors (see 36.303-2); and (4) A statement of the maximum number of offerors that will be selected to submit phase-two proposals. The maximum number specified in the solicitation shall not exceed five…
  • FAR 39.103 Modular contracting.
    …Consistent with the agency's information technology architecture, agencies should, to the maximum extent practicable, use modular contracting to acquire major systems (see 2.101) of information technology. Agencies may also use modular cont…
  • FAR 41.301 Requirements.
    …date initial service is required. (2) For the first 12 months of full service, estimated maximum demand, monthly consumption, other pertinent information (e.g., demand side management, load or energy management, peak shaving, on site gener…
  • FAR 45.103 General.
    …es and standards to manage Government property in their possession; (2) Eliminate to the maximum practical extent any competitive advantage a prospective contractor may have by using Government property; (3) Ensure maximum practical reuti…
  • FAR 52.216-19 Order Limitations.
    … the Contractor obligated to furnish, those supplies or services under the contract. (b) Maximum order. The Contractor is not obligated to honor— (1) Any order for a single item in excess of ___ [insert dollar figure or quantity]; (2) An…
  • DFARS 215.404-71-2 Performance risk.
    …ntials may justify a value significantly above normal. (iii) The following may justify a maximum value— (A) Development or initial production of a new item, particularly if performance or quality specifications are tight; or (B) A high d…
  • DFARS 247.271-1 Policy.
    …er them as being included in each area of performance described in the solicitation. (c) Maximum requirements-minimum capability. The contracting officer must— (1) Establish realistic quantities on the Estimated Quantities Report in DoD 4…
  • DFARS 252.217-7001 Surge option.
    …s from the date of award, furnish the Contracting Officer a delivery schedule showing the maximum sustainable rate of delivery for items in this contract. This delivery schedule shall provide acceleration by month up to the maximum sustaina…
  • FAR 4.1005-2 Exceptions.
    …ty at the line item level for the base award provided that the total contract minimum and maximum, or the estimate, respectively, is stated. (ii) Multiple-award IDIQ contracts awarded using the procedures at 13.106-1(a)(2)(iv)(A) or 15.304…
  • FAR 7.102 Policy.
    …cts suitable to meet the agency's needs are not available, nondevelopmental items, to the maximum extent practicable (10 U.S.C. 3453 and 41 U.S.C. 3307); (2) Full and open competition (see part 6) or, when full and open competition is not …
  • FAR 7.103 Agency-head responsibilities.
    …n competition is not required in accordance with part 6, for obtaining competition to the maximum extent practicable, with due regard to the nature of the supplies and services to be acquired (10 U.S.C. 3206(a)(1) and 41 U.S.C. 3306(a)(1)).…
  • FAR 10.001 Policy.
    …ition threshold 10 U.S.C. 3453(c)); and (vi) On an ongoing basis, take advantage (to the maximum extent practicable) of commercially available market research methods in order to effectively identify the capabilities of small businesses an…
  • FAR 11.002 Policy.
    …research in a manner designed to— (i) Promote full and open competition (see part 6), or maximum practicable competition when using simplified acquisition procedures, with due regard to the nature of the supplies or services to be acquired…
  • FAR 11.301 Policy.
    …ontract. The request for the information must be included in the solicitation, and to the maximum extent practicable must be limited to information or standards consistent with normal commercial practices. (c)(1) When the contracting offic…
  • FAR 12.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …contracts for the acquisition of commercial products or commercial services shall, to the maximum extent practicable, include only those clauses— (1) Required to implement provisions of law or executive orders applicable to the acquisition…
  • FAR 13.101 General.
    …der requests for quotations, provided the requirements in 52.102 are satisfied; (3) Make maximum effort to obtain trade and prompt payment discounts (see 14.408-3). Prompt payment discounts shall not be considered in the evaluation of quot…
  • FAR 13.303-2 Establishment of BPAs.
    …ed with— (1) More than one supplier for supplies or services of the same type to provide maximum practicable competition; (2) A single firm from which numerous individual purchases at or below the simplified acquisition threshold will lik…
  • FAR 15.403-3 Requiring data other than certified cost or pricing data.
    …necessary to determine the reasonableness of price, the contracting officer shall, to the maximum extent practicable, obtain the additional data from sources other than the offeror. In addition, the contracting officer should request data t…
  • FAR 16.202-1 Description.
    …cost experience in performing the contract. This contract type places upon the contractor maximum risk and full responsibility for all costs and resulting profit or loss. It provides maximum incentive for the contractor to control costs and…
  • FAR 16.501-1 Definitions.
    …ies that does not procure or specify a firm quantity of supplies (other than a minimum or maximum quantity) and that provides for the issuance of orders for the delivery of supplies during the period of the contract. Task-order contract me…
  • FAR 17.207 Exercise of options.
    …ntract; (3) In the case of a cost-type contract, if— (i) The option contains a fixed or maximum fee; or (ii) The fixed or maximum fee amount is determinable by applying a formula contained in the basic contract (but see 16.102(c)); (4) …
  • FAR 19.202-4 Solicitation.
    The contracting officer shall encourage maximum response to solicitations by small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned …
  • FAR 22.901 Policy.
    …ecify in solicitations or advertisements for employees to work on Government contracts, a maximum age limit for employment unless the specified maximum age limit is based upon a bona fide occupational qualification, retirement plan, or stat…

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.