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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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140 sections with “multiple 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 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 52.222-43 Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards—Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts).
    … clause: Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards—Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts) (AUG 2018) (a) This clause applies to both contracts subject to area prevailing wage determinations and contracts…
  • FAR 16.402-4 Structuring multiple-incentive contracts.
    A properly structured multiple-incentive arrangement should— (a) Motivate the contractor to strive for outstanding results in all incentive areas; and (b) Compel trade-off decisions among the incentive areas, consistent with the Governmen…
  • FAR 19.502-3 Partial set-asides of contracts other than multiple-award contracts.
    …fied in this part apply; and (6) The solicitation will result in a contract other than a multiple-award contract (see 2.101 for definition of multiple-award contract). (b) When the contracting officer determines that a requirement is to b…
  • FAR 19.502-4 Partial set-asides of multiple-award contracts.
    …(1)), contracting officers may, at their discretion, set aside a portion or portions of a multiple-award contract, except for construction, for any of the small business concerns identified at 19.000(a)(3) when— (1) Market research indicat…
  • FAR 19.804-6 Indefinite-delivery contracts.
    (a) Separate offers and acceptances are not required for individual orders under multiple-award contracts (including the Federal Supply Schedules managed by GSA, multi-agency contracts or Governmentwide acquisition contracts, or indefinite-…
  • FAR 52.207-6 Solicitation of Offers from Small Business Concerns and Small Business Teaming Arrangements or Joint Ventures (Multiple-Award Contracts).
    …s From Small Business Concerns and Small Business Teaming Arrangements or Joint Ventures (Multiple-Award Contracts) (AUG 2024) (a) Definition. “Small Business Teaming Arrangement,” as used in this provision— (1) Means an arrangement where…
  • 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…
  • FAR 52.247-18 Multiple Shipments.
    …olicitations and contracts for transportation or for transportation-related services when multiple shipments are tendered at one time to the contractor for transportation from one origin to two or more consignees at the same destination: M…
  • 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 5.601 Governmentwide database of contracts.
    …overnmentwide database of contracts and other procurement instruments intended for use by multiple agencies is available via the Internet at https://www.contractdirectory.gov/contractdirectory/.This searchable database is a tool that may be…
  • 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…
  • 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 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 22.1006 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …2.222-43, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards—Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts), or another clause which accomplishes the same purpose, in solicitations and contracts if the contract is expected…
  • 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 52.219-14 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…
  • 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 11.701 Supply contracts.
    …ity to which the percentage variation applies. For example, when delivery will be made to multiple destinations and it is desired that the quantity variation apply to the item quantity for each destination, this requirement must be stated i…
  • FAR 14.409-1 Award of unclassified contracts.
    … of this subsection shall be provided to any unsuccessful bidder upon request except when multiple awards have been made and furnishing information on the successful bids would require so much work as to interfere with normal operations of …
  • 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 19.302 Protesting a small business representation or rerepresentation.
    …l offeror for negotiated acquisitions, including— (A) Partial set-asides and reserves of multiple-award contracts; (B) Orders that are set-aside under an unrestricted multiple-award contract (except for orders and blanket purchase agreeme…
  • FAR 19.307 Protesting a firm's status as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern.
    …ently successful offeror for negotiated acquisitions, including— (A) Orders placed under multiple-award contracts where the contracting officer requested rerepresentation for the order (see 13 CFR 134.1004(a)(3)(ii)); and (B) Orders set a…
  • FAR 32.406 Letters of credit.
    …s do not meet the criteria in subparagraph (1) above. (c) If the agency has entered into multiple contracts (or a combination of contract(s) and assistance agreement(s)) involving eligibility of a contractor for more than one letter of cre…
  • FAR 32.604 Demand for payment.
    …t of the debt by line(s) of accounting subject to the following: (i) If the debt affects multiple lines of accounting, the contracting officer shall, to the maximum extent practicable, identify all affected lines of accounting. If it is no…
  • 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 52.219-33 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…
  • FAR 52.232-34 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—Other than System for Award Management.
    …o the designated office(s). (2) If the Contractor provides EFT information applicable to multiple contracts, the Contractor shall specifically state the applicability of this EFT information in terms acceptable to the designated office. Ho…
  • 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…
  • DFARS 237.172 Service contracts surveillance.
    …5-70 for guidance regarding minimum labor category qualifications for orders issued under multiple award services contracts.

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.