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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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38 sections with “minimum quantity”

  • FAR 16.504 Indefinite-quantity contracts.
    …ract must require the Government to order and the contractor to furnish at least a stated minimum quantity of supplies or services. In addition, if ordered, the contractor must furnish any additional quantities, not to exceed the stated max…
  • FAR 52.247-61 F.o.b. Origin—Minimum Size of Shipments.
    …llowing clause in solicitations and contracts when volume rates may apply: F.o.b. Origin—Minimum Size of Shipments (APR 1984) The Contractor agrees that shipment will be made in carload and truckload lots when the quantity to be delivered…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …er placement procedures. The contracting officer should keep submission requirements to a minimum. Contracting officers may use streamlined procedures, including oral presentations. If the order does not exceed the simplified acquisition th…
  • FAR 16.501-2 General.
    …llowing advantages: (1) All three types permit (i) Government stocks to be maintained at minimum levels and (ii) direct shipment to users. (2) Indefinite-quantity contracts and requirements contracts also permit (i) flexibility in both qu…
  • FAR 52.216-22 Indefinite Quantity.
    …all order at least the quantity of supplies or services designated in the Schedule as the minimum. (c) Except for any limitations on quantities in the Order Limitations clause or in the Schedule, there is no limit on the number of orders t…
  • FAR 13.106-3 Award and documentation.
    …nable basis. (3) Occasionally an item can be obtained only from a supplier that quotes a minimum order price or quantity that either unreasonably exceeds stated quantity requirements or results in an unreasonable price for the quantity req…
  • FAR 28.102-2 Amount required.
    …otal 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, except those options exercised at the time of contract award. (b…
  • FAR 52.228-15 Performance and Payment Bonds—Construction.
    …otal 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, except those options exercised at the time of contract award. (b…
  • FAR 52.228-16 Performance and Payment Bonds—Other Than Construction.
    …ated 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, except those options exercised at the time of contract award. (b…
  • FAR 52.247-59 F.o.b. Origin—Carload and Truckload Shipments.
    …ion purposes, the agreed weight of a carload or truckload shall be the highest applicable minimum weight that will result in the lowest freight rate (or per car charge) on file or published in common carrier tariffs or tenders as of the dat…
  • FAR 4.1005-2 Exceptions.
    …t the quantity 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)(…
  • FAR 15.203 Requests for proposals.
    …ctive contractors and to solicit proposals. RFPs for competitive acquisitions shall, at a minimum, describe the— (1) Government's requirement; (2) Anticipated terms and conditions that will apply to the contract. The solicitation may auth…
  • FAR 16.501-1 Definitions.
    …t for supplies 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 …
  • FAR 47.305-6 Shipments to ports and air terminals.
    …ng day of 24 hours (if acquisition involves a commodity to be shipped in bulk); (iv) The minimum leadtime required to make supplies available for loading to vessel; and (v) The port and pier or other designation and, when applicable, the …
  • FAR 47.305-16 Shipping characteristics.
    …) The award document shall show the shipping characteristics used in the evaluation. (c) Minimum size of shipments. When volume rates may apply, the contracting officer shall insert in solicitations and contracts the clause at 52.247-61, F…
  • DFARS 252.242-7004 Material Management and Accounting System.
    …ged or allocated to a contract are based on valid time-phased requirements as impacted by minimum/economic order quantity restrictions. (i) A 98 percent bill of material accuracy and a 95 percent master production schedule accuracy are des…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …s of comparable exposure to risk of loss. Proper invoice means an invoice that meets the minimum standards specified in 32.905(b). Purchase order, when issued by the Government, means an offer by the Government to buy supplies or services…
  • FAR 4.1005-1 Required data elements.
    …), 14.201-2, or 15.204-2, or in a comparable section of the procurement instrument), at a minimum, the following information as separate, distinct data elements: (1) Line item or subline item number established in accordance with agency pr…
  • FAR 8.705-3 Allocation process.
    …amount and shall record them upon issuance as obligations. Each order shall include, as a minimum, the information contained in the request for allocation. Ordering offices shall also include additional instructions necessary for performanc…
  • FAR 9.405-1 Continuation of current contracts.
    …s for doing so, ordering activities shall not— (i) Place orders exceeding the guaranteed minimum under indefinite quantity contracts; (ii) Place orders under Federal Supply Schedule contracts, blanket purchase agreements, or basic orderin…
  • FAR 10.001 Policy.
    …ng market research, agencies should not request potential sources to submit more than the minimum information necessary. (c) If an agency contemplates consolidation or bundling, the agency— (1) When performing market research, should cons…
  • FAR 11.105 Items peculiar to one manufacturer.
    … lacking the particular feature, do not meet, or cannot be modified to meet, the agency's minimum needs; (2)(i) The authority to contract without providing for full and open competition is supported by the required justifications and appro…
  • FAR 13.302-1 General.
    …ethods. (d) Limit the distribution of copies of purchase orders and related forms to the minimum deemed essential for administration and transmission of contractual information. (e) In accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3332, electronic funds tran…
  • FAR 13.303-3 Preparation of BPAs.
    … shall be accompanied by delivery tickets or sales slips that shall contain the following minimum information: (i) Name of supplier. (ii) BPA number. (iii) Date of purchase. (iv) Purchase number. (v) Itemized list of supplies or servic…
  • FAR 15.402 Pricing policy.
    …der 15.403-1(b)(1) or (2) applies, such data submitted by the offeror shall include, at a minimum, appropriate data on the prices at which the same or similar items have been sold previously, adequate for evaluating the reasonableness of th…
  • FAR 15.407-2 Make-or-buy programs.
    …fforts estimated to cost less than 1 percent of the total estimated contract price or any minimum dollar amount set by the agency. (2) The offeror's program should include or be supported by the following information: (i) A description of…
  • FAR 16.503 Requirements contracts.
    …eliver and the Government's obligation to order. The contract may also specify maximum or minimum quantities that the Government may order under each individual order and the maximum that it may order during a specified period of time. (b)…
  • FAR 17.202 Use of options.
    … the judgment of the contracting officer— (1) The foreseeable requirements involve— (i) Minimum economic quantities (i.e., quantities large enough to permit the recovery of startup costs and production of the required supplies at a reason…
  • FAR 31.001 Definitions.
    …unit, or a new addition to either. The items in the group individually cost less than the minimum amount established by the contractor for capitalization for the classes of assets acquired but in the aggregate they represent a material inve…
  • FAR 32.703-2 Contracts conditioned upon availability of funds.
    …ns may extend beyond the fiscal year in which it begins; provided, that (1) any specified minimum quantities are certain to be ordered in the initial fiscal year (see 37.106) and (2) the contract includes the clause at 52.232-19, Availabili…
  • FAR 32.905 Payment documentation and process.
    …le. The receiving report or other Government documentation authorizing payment must, as a minimum, include the following: (1) Contract number or other authorization for supplies delivered or services performed. (2) Description of supplies…
  • FAR 45.201 Solicitation.
    …Government-furnished property is anticipated (see 45.102). The listing shall include at a minimum— (1) The name, part number and description, manufacturer, model number, and National Stock Number (if needed for additional item identificati…
  • FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …n the SF 1449, letterhead stationery, or as otherwise specified in the solicitation. As a minimum, offers must show— (1) The solicitation number; (2) The time specified in the solicitation for receipt of offers; (3) The name, address, an…
  • FAR 52.216-19 Order Limitations.
    …b), insert a clause substantially the same as follows: Order Limitations (OCT 1995) (a) Minimum order. When the Government requires supplies or services covered by this contract in an amount of less than ___ [insert dollar figure or quant…
  • FAR 52.241-6 Service Provisions.
    …adjustment shall be made in the monthly billing specified in this contract (including the minimum monthly charge). (End of clause)
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …ll incidents of property loss as soon as the facts become known. Such reports shall, at a minimum, contain the following information: (1) Date of incident (if known). (2) The data elements required under paragraph (f)(1)(iii)(A) of this c…
  • FAR 52.248-1 Value Engineering.
    …ing under this contract; or (iii) To the contract type only. (c) VECP preparation. As a minimum, the Contractor shall include in each VECP the information described in subparagraphs (1) through (8) below. If the proposed change is affecte…
  • DFARS 217.172 Multiyear contracts for supplies.
    …)(3)(F)). (vii) The proposed multiyear contract provides for production at not less than minimum economic rates, given the existing tooling and facilities (10 U.S.C. 3501(i)(3)(G)). The head of the agency shall submit to OUSD(C)(P/B) infor…

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