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23 sections with “multiple award preference”

  • FAR 52.219-28 Postaward Small Business Program Rerepresentation.
    … a small business concern identified at 19.000(a)(3) that is issued under an unrestricted multiple-award contract, unless the order is issued under the reserved portion of an unrestricted multiple-award contract (e.g., an order set aside fo…
  • FAR 16.500 Scope of subpart.
    …or making awards of 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. …
  • FAR 16.504 Indefinite-quantity contracts.
    …res that the Government will use in issuing orders, including the ordering media, and, if multiple awards may be made, state the procedures and selection criteria that the Government will use to provide awardees a fair opportunity to be con…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …acts (see paragraph (2) of this definition), into a solicitation 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…
  • FAR 8.405-3 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
    …racting 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 BPA with an estimated value exceeding $150 million (including …
  • FAR 19.507 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …, in solicitations and contracts involving total small business set-asides. This includes multiple-award contracts when orders may be set aside for any of the small business concerns identified in 19.000(a)(3), as described in 8.405-5 and 1…
  • FAR 19.1307 Price evaluation preference for HUBZone small business concerns.
    …acquisitions); (2) Where all fair and reasonable offers are accepted (e.g., the award of multiple award schedule contracts); or (3) For the reserved portion of a solicitation for a multiple-award contract (see 19.503). (b) The contractin…
  • FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting.
    …or any of the small business concerns identified in 19.000(a)(3); (2) Part or parts of a multiple-award contract that have been set aside for any of the small business concerns identified in 19.000(a)(3); (3) Contracts that have been awar…
  • DFARS 252.225-7045 Balance of Payments Program—Construction Material Under Trade Agreements.
    …omponents of unknown origin are treated as foreign. If the construction material contains multiple components, the cost of all the materials used in such construction material is calculated in accordance with the definition of “cost of comp…
  • FAR 52.219-33 Nonmanufacturer Rule.
    …he simplified acquisition threshold and that are— (A) Set aside for small business under multiple-award contracts, as described in 8.405-5 and 16.505(b)(2)(i)(F); or (B) Issued directly to a small business concern under multiple-award con…
  • DFARS 252.225-7044 Balance of Payments Program—Construction Material.
    …omponents of unknown origin are treated as foreign. If the construction material contains multiple components, the cost of all the materials used in such construction material is calculated in accordance with the definition of “cost of comp…
  • FAR 19.306 Protesting a firm's status as a HUBZone small business concern.
    …e 15.503(a)(2)) of the apparently successful offeror, including— (A) Orders placed under multiple-award contracts where the contracting officer requested rerepresentation for the order (see 13 CFR 126.801(d)(1)); and (B) Orders set aside …
  • FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …the sender's request and expense, unless they are destroyed during preaward testing. (e) Multiple offers. Offerors are encouraged to submit multiple offers presenting alternative terms and conditions, including alternative line items (prov…
  • 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 19.505 Limitations on subcontracting and nonmanufacturer rule.
    …tial offerors a reasonable amount of additional time to respond to the solicitation. (5) Multiple-item acquisitions. (i) If at least 50 percent of the estimated contract value is composed of items that are manufactured, processed, or produ…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    … contracts with individual subcontracting plans where the contract is intended for use by multiple agencies; (iv) Submit the Individual Subcontract Report (ISR) and/or the Summary Subcontract Report (SSR), in accordance with paragraph (l) …
  • FAR 19.1309 Contract clauses.
    …-source basis to, HUBZone small business concerns under 19.1305 or 19.1306. This includes multiple-award contracts when orders may be set aside for HUBZone small business concerns as described in 8.405-5 and 16.505(b)(2)(i)(F) or when order…
  • FAR 23.107-1 Products containing recovered materials.
    … price of the EPA-designated item exceeds $10,000; or (ii) The aggregate amount paid for multiple purchases of the EPA-designated item, or a functionally equivalent item, in the preceding fiscal year was $10,000 or more. (2) While micro-p…
  • FAR 23.107-2 Biobased products.
    …The price of the biobased product exceeds $10,000; or (ii) The aggregate amount paid for multiple purchases of the biobased product, or for a functionally equivalent product, in the preceding fiscal year was $10,000 or more. (2) While mic…
  • FAR 52.204-8 Annual Representations and Certifications.
    …. (C) The provision with its Alternate II applies to solicitations that will result in a multiple-award contract with more than one NAICS code assigned. (xiii) 52.219-2, Equal Low Bids. This provision applies to solicitations when contrac…
  • FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …2.222-43, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards-Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts) (AUG 2018) (29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 67). __ (4) 52.222-44, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contr…
  • FAR 52.225-9 Buy American—Construction Materials.
    …omponents of unknown origin are treated as foreign. If the construction material contains multiple components, the cost of all the materials used in such construction material is calculated in accordance with the definition of “cost of comp…
  • FAR 52.225-11 Buy American—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements.
    …omponents of unknown origin are treated as foreign. If the construction material contains multiple components, the cost of all the materials used in such construction material is calculated in accordance with the definition of “cost of comp…

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