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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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88 sections with “maximum extent practicable”: the first 40

  • 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 32.009-1 General.
    …nvoice and all other required documentation from the small business subcontractor, to the maximum extent practicable, without any further consideration from or fees charged to the subcontractor. (2) Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 3801(b), DoD shall…
  • FAR 36.601-3 Applicable contracting procedures.
    …hat the architect-engineer specify, in the construction design specifications, use of the maximum practicable amount of recovered materials consistent with the performance requirements, availability, price reasonableness, and cost-effective…
  • FAR 37.102 Policy.
    …contracts or orders, agencies must— (1) Use performance-based acquisition methods to the maximum extent practicable, except for— (i) Architect-engineer services acquired in accordance with 40 U.S.C. 1101 et seq. (see part 36); (ii) Const…
  • DFARS 207.106 Additional requirements for major systems.
    … the performance of maintenance and sustainment services on a major weapon system, to the maximum extent practicable and consistent with statutory requirements, the acquisition plan shall prescribe that award will be made on a competitive b…
  • DFARS 225.7003-3 Exceptions.
    …ility determination that would apply to more than one contract, the USD(A&S) will, to the maximum extent practicable, and in a manner consistent with the protection of national security and confidential business information— (1) Publish a …
  • DFARS 225.7018-4 Nonavailability determination.
    …ility determination that would apply to more than one contract, the USD(A&S) will, to the maximum extent practicable, and in a manner consistent with the protection of national security and confidential business information— (i) Publish a …
  • FAR 1.102-5 Role of the acquisition team.
    …Guiding Principles. In particular, the contracting officer must have the authority to the maximum extent practicable and consistent with law, to determine the application of rules, regulations, and policies, on a specific contract. (b) The…
  • FAR 4.502 Policy.
    …conduct electronic commerce— (1) Are implemented uniformly throughout the agency, to the maximum extent practicable; (2) Are implemented only after considering the full or partial use of existing infrastructures; (3) Facilitate access to…
  • FAR 5.202 Exceptions.
    …ed acquisition procedures, if unusual and compelling urgency precludes competition to the maximum extent practicable) and the Government would be seriously injured if the agency complies with the time periods specified in 5.203; (3) The pr…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …er) contemplated, discuss the strategy to transition to firm-fixed-price contracts to the maximum extent practicable. During the requirements development stage, consider structuring the contract requirements, i.e., line items, in a manner t…
  • FAR 8.404 Use of Federal Supply Schedules.
    …) Agencies shall use fixed-price orders for the acquisition of commercial services to the maximum extent practicable. (3)(i) A time-and-materials or labor-hour order may be used for the acquisition of commercial services only when it is no…
  • FAR 8.405-2 Ordering procedures for services requiring a statement of work.
    …d any special requirements (e.g., security clearances, travel, special knowledge). To the maximum extent practicable, agency requirements shall be performance-based statements (see subpart 37.6). (c) Request for Quotation procedures. The o…
  • FAR 8.406-6 Disputes.
    …ontracting officer should use the alternative dispute resolution (ADR) procedures, to the maximum extent practicable (see 33.204 and 33.214).
  • FAR 8.601 General.
    …gton, DC 20534. (e) Agencies are encouraged to purchase FPI supplies and services to the maximum extent practicable.
  • FAR 12.101 Policy.
    …and (c) Require prime contractors and subcontractors at all tiers to incorporate, to the maximum extent practicable, commercial products, commercial services, or nondevelopmental items as components of items supplied to the agency.
  • FAR 12.207 Contract type.
    …es priced on a time-and-materials or labor-hour basis, contracting officers shall, to the maximum extent practicable, also structure the contract to allow issuance of orders on a firm-fixed-price or fixed-price with economic price adjustmen…
  • FAR 12.302 Tailoring of provisions and clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …l. The provisions and clauses established in this subpart are intended to address, to the maximum extent practicable, commercial market practices for a wide range of potential Government acquisitions of commercial products and commercial se…
  • FAR 12.303 Contract format.
    …al products or commercial services prepared using this part 12 shall be assembled, to the maximum extent practicable, using the following format: (a) Standard Form (SF) 1449; (b) Continuation of any block from SF 1449, such as— (1) Block…
  • FAR 12.404 Warranties.
    …e)(5)(B) requires contracting officers to take advantage of commercial warranties. To the maximum extent practicable, solicitations for commercial productsshall require offerors to offer the Government at least the same warranty terms, incl…
  • FAR 13.106-1 Soliciting competition.
    …(c) Soliciting orally. (1) The contracting officer shall solicit quotations orally to the maximum extent practicable, if— (i) The acquisition does not exceed the simplified acquisition threshold; (ii) Oral solicitation is more efficient t…
  • FAR 13.307 Forms.
    …uest for quotations form/automated format should conform with the SF 18 or SF 1449 to the maximum extent practicable. (2) Both SF 1449 and OF 347, Order for Supplies or Services, are multipurpose forms used for negotiated purchases of supp…
  • FAR 15.101-2 Lowest price technically acceptable source selection process.
    …ear 2019 (Pub. L. 115-232, 41 U.S.C. 3701 Note), contracting officers shall avoid, to the maximum extent practicable, using the lowest price technically acceptable source selection process in the case of a procurement that is predominantly …
  • FAR 15.506 Postaward debriefing of offerors.
    …riefed and furnished the basis for the selection decision and contract award. (2) To the maximum extent practicable, the debriefing should occur within 5 days after receipt of the written request. Offerors that requested a postaward debrie…
  • FAR 16.103 Negotiating contract type.
    …uisitions for the same requirement and to transition to firm-fixed-price contracts to the maximum extent practicable. (v) A discussion of why a level-of-effort, price redetermination, or fee provision was included. (2) Exceptions to the r…
  • FAR 16.402-2 Performance incentives.
    …r fee to results achieved by the contractor, compared with specified targets. (b) To the maximum extent practicable, positive and negative performance incentives shall be considered in connection with service contracts for performance of o…
  • FAR 17.106-3 Special procedures applicable to DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard.
    …tractors, suppliers, and vendors. In order to broaden the defense industrial base, to the maximum extent practicable— (1) Multiyear contracting shall be used in such a manner as to seek, retain, and promote the use under such contracts of …

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.