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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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68 sections with “multiple award services contracts”: the first 40

  • FAR 19.504 Orders under multiple-award contracts.
    … 644(r)(2)), contracting officers may, at their discretion, set aside orders placed under multiple-award contracts for any of the small business concerns identified in 19.000(a)(3). (1) The contracting officer shall state in the solicitati…
  • FAR 52.216-28 Multiple Awards for Advisory and Assistance Services.
    As prescribed in 16.506(g), insert the following provision: Multiple Awards for Advisory and Assistance Services (OCT 1995) The Government intends to award multiple contracts for the same or similar advisory and assistance services to two…
  • DFARS 216.505-70 Orders under multiple-award contracts.
    …5-70 for guidance regarding minimum labor category qualifications for orders issued under multiple-award services contracts.
  • 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 52.216-27 Single or Multiple Awards.
    As prescribed in 16.506(f), insert the following provision: Single or Multiple Awards (OCT 1995) The Government may elect to award a single delivery order contract or task order contract or to award multiple delivery order contracts or ta…
  • 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…
  • DFARS 252.244-7000 Subcontracts for Commercial Products or Commercial Services.
    …than $10,000 per item that were purchased by the Contractor for use in the performance of multiple contracts with the Department of Defense and other parties and are not identifiable to any particular contract when purchased. (2) The Contr…
  • 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 237.172 Service contracts surveillance.
    …5-70 for guidance regarding minimum labor category qualifications for orders issued under multiple award services contracts.
  • 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 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 16.505 Ordering.
    …ent debt subject to collection under the Treasury Offset Program (TOP). (b) Orders under multiple-award contracts—(1) Fair opportunity. (i) The contracting officer must provide each awardee a fair opportunity to be considered for each orde…
  • FAR 16.506 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …nite-quantity contract is contemplated. (f) Insert the provision at 52.216-27, Single or Multiple Awards, in solicitations for indefinite-quantity contracts that may result in multiple contract awards. Modify the provision to specify the e…
  • FAR 19.102 Small business size standards and North American Industry Classification System codes.
    …of its initial offer, which includes price. (4) When an agency uses a solicitation for a multiple-award contract that does not require offers for the contract to include price, SBA determines size as of the date of initial offer for the mu…
  • FAR 19.301-2 Rerepresentation by a contractor that represented its status as a small business concern.
    … 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 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 19.702 Statutory requirements.
    …it prescribed by the contracting officer, the offeror will be ineligible for award. For a multiple-award contract with more than one North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code, see paragraph (a)(2)(i) of this section. (ii) …
  • 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 252.204-7023 Reporting Requirements for Contracted Services.
    …endors, such as long-term arrangements for materials or supplies or services that benefit multiple contracts and/or the costs of which are normally applied to a contractor's general and administrative expenses or indirect costs. (b) The Co…
  • FAR 8.405-1 Ordering procedures for supplies, and services not requiring a statement of work.
    …all schedule contractors offering the required supplies or services under the appropriate multiple award schedule(s) an opportunity to submit a quote; or (ii) Provide the RFQ to as many schedule contractors as practicable, consistent with …
  • FAR 8.405-2 Ordering procedures for services requiring a statement of work.
    …y to afford all schedule contractors offering the required services under the appropriate multiple-award schedule(s) an opportunity to submit a quote; or (B) Provide the RFQ to as many schedule contractors as practicable, consistent with m…
  • FAR 12.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …s from Small Business Concerns and Small Business Teaming Arrangements or Joint Ventures (Multiple-Award Contracts), as prescribed at 7.107-6. (8) Insert the provision at 52.209-7, Information Regarding Responsibility Matters, as prescribe…
  • FAR 16.503 Requirements contracts.
    … services required are so unique or highly specialized that it is not practicable to make multiple awards using the procedures in 16.504. (2) The limitation in paragraph (d)(1) of this section is not applicable to an acquisition of supplie…
  • FAR 16.601 Time-and-materials contracts.
    …deral Supply Schedules, follow the procedures at 8.405-6; or (iii) An order issued under multiple award task and delivery order contracts, follow the procedures at 16.505(b)(2). (f) Solicitation provisions. (1) The contracting officer sha…
  • FAR 52.203-13 Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct.
    …tes to an order against a Governmentwide acquisition contract, a multi-agency contract, a multiple-award schedule contract such as the Federal Supply Schedule, or any other procurement instrument intended for use by multiple agencies, the C…
  • FAR 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards.
    …ments with vendors, such as long-term arrangements for materials or supplies that benefit multiple contracts and/or the costs of which are normally applied to a Contractor's general and administrative expenses or indirect costs. Month of a…
  • FAR 52.204-15 Service Contract Reporting Requirements for Indefinite-Delivery Contracts.
    …ments with vendors, such as long-term arrangements for materials or supplies that benefit multiple contracts and/or the costs of which are normally applied to a Contractor's general and administrative expenses or indirect costs. (b) The Co…
  • 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 6.102 Use of competitive procedures.
    … of satisfying the Government's needs; and (ii) A peer or scientific review. (3) Use of multiple award schedules issued under the procedures established by the Administrator of General Services consistent with the requirement of 41 U.S.C.…
  • FAR 8.401 Definitions.
    …sh blanket purchase agreements (BPA), against the General Services Administration's (GSA) Multiple Award Schedule contracts. A list of eligible ordering activities is available at http://www.gsa.gov/schedules (click “For Customers Ordering …
  • FAR 11.402 Factors to consider in establishing schedules.
    …y of materials and equipment; (5) Capacity of the contractor to perform; and (6) Use of multiple completion dates. (In any given contract, separate completion dates may be established for separable items of work. When multiple completion …
  • FAR 12.207 Contract type.
    …etionary small business set-asides under 16.505(b)(2)(i)(F)), if placing an order under a multiple-award delivery-order contract; and (ii) The contracting officer— (A) Executes a determination and findings (D&F) for the contract, in accor…
  • FAR 13.106-1 Soliciting competition.
    …1) Has an estimated value above the simplified acquisition threshold; (2) Will result in multiple-award contracts (see subpart 16.5) that are for the same or similar services; and (3) States that the Government intends to make an award to…
  • FAR 15.304 Evaluation factors and significant subfactors.
    …1) Has an estimated value above the simplified acquisition threshold; (2) Will result in multiple-award contracts (see subpart 16.5) that are for the same or similar services; and (3) States that the Government intends to make an award to…
  • FAR 19.309 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …uard. (3) Use the provision with its Alternate II in solicitations that will result in a multiple-award contract with more than one NAICS code assigned. This is authorized for solicitations issued after October 1, 2028 (see 19.102(b)). (b…
  • 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 42.1502 Policy.
    …auses the dollar amount to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. (c) Orders under multiple-agency contracts. Agencies shall prepare an evaluation of contractor performance for each order that exceeds the simplified acquisition thres…
  • 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) …
  • DFARS 216.505 Ordering.
    …tem, as prescribed in 204.7604 to the extent permitted by the contract. (b) Orders under multiple-award contracts—(1) Fair opportunity. (A) See 215.101-2-70 for the limitations and prohibitions on the use of the lowest price technically a…

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DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)

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