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48 sections with “multiple delivery order contracts”: the first 40

  • 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 52.216-32 Task-Order and Delivery-Order Ombudsman.
    …in 16.506(j), add the following paragraph (d) to the basic clause. (d) Contracts used by multiple agencies. (1) This is a contract that is used by multiple agencies. Complaints from Contractors concerning orders placed under contracts use…
  • 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 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 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 52.216-27 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 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 16.506 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…
  • 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…
  • 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 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 52.204-30 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Prohibition.
    …contracts, multi-agency contracts or any other procurement instrument intended for use by multiple agencies, upon notification from the Contracting Officer, during the performance of the contract, the Contractor shall promptly make any nece…
  • 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 52.219-33 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 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 19.306 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 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 19.308 Protesting a firm's status as an economically disadvantaged women-owned small business concern or women-owned small business concern eligible under the Women-Owned Small Business Program.
    …rently 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 127.603(c)(1)); and (B) Orders set aside …
  • 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 22.503 Policy.
    …t is less than that for a large-scale construction project: (i) The project will require multiple construction contractors and/or subcontractors employing workers in multiple crafts or trades. (ii) There is a shortage of skilled labor in …
  • 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 204.7103-1 Criteria for establishing.
    … citation except as provided in paragraph (a)(4)(ii) of this subsection. (ii) The use of multiple accounting classification citations for a contract line item is authorized in the following situations: (A) A single, nonseverable deliverab…
  • FAR 4.606 Reporting Data.
    …for reports. (3) Agencies may use the FPDS Express Reporting capability for consolidated multiple action reports for a vendor when it would be overly burdensome to report each action individually. When used, Express Reporting should be don…
  • FAR 4.1005-2 Exceptions.
    …t 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)(A) or 15.304(c)(1)(ii)(A) may omit price or cost at the line item or …
  • FAR 4.1602 Identifying the PIID and supplementary PIID.
    …contracts, multi-agency contracts (MAC), Governmentwide acquisition contracts (GWACs), or Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contracts), identify the PIID for the delivery and task order and the PIID for the contract. (4) Blanket purchase agree…
  • FAR 5.703 Definition.
    …Cs), and other indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts, whether single award or multiple award. It also includes Federal Supply Schedule contracts (including Blanket Purchase Agreements under Subpart 8.4).
  • FAR 6.502 Duties and responsibilities.
    …nd (vii) Initiatives that ensure task and delivery orders over $1.5 million issued under multiple award contracts are properly planned, issued, and comply with 8.405 and 16.505. (3) Recommend goals and plans for increasing competition on …
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …overnmentwide database of contracts and other procurement instruments intended for use by multiple agencies available at https://www.contractdirectory.gov/contractdirectory/. (iii) Include consideration of small business, veteran-owned sma…
  • FAR 7.107-4 Substantial bundling.
    …se thresholds apply to the cumulative estimated dollar value (including options) of— (i) Multiple-award contracts; (ii) Task orders or delivery orders issued against a GSA Schedule contract; or (iii) Task orders or delivery orders issued…
  • FAR 8.402 General.
    (a) The Federal Supply Schedule program is also known as the GSA Schedules Program or the Multiple Award Schedule Program. The Federal Supply Schedule program is directed and managed by GSA and provides Federal agencies (see 8.004) with a s…
  • FAR 10.002 Procedures.
    …overnmentwide database of contracts and other procurement instruments intended for use by multiple agencies available at https://www.contractdirectory.gov/contractdirectory/ and other Government and commercial databases that provide informa…
  • 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 19.704 Subcontracting plan requirements.
    … contracts with individual subcontracting plans where the contract is intended for use by multiple agencies; (iv) Submit the Individual Subcontract Report (ISR), and the Summary Subcontract Report (SSR) using the Electronic Subcontracting …

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