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279 sections with “option”: the first 40

  • FAR 17.202 Use of options.
    …r both sealed bidding and contracting by negotiation, the contracting officer may include options in contracts when it is in the Government's interest. When using sealed bidding, the contracting officer shall make a written determination th…
  • FAR 17.207 Exercise of options.
    (a) When exercising an option, the contracting officer shall provide written notice to the contractor within the time period specified in the contract. (b) When the contract provides for economic price adjustment and the contractor request…
  • FAR 22.404-12 Labor standards for contracts containing construction requirements and option provisions that extend the term of the contract.
    (a) Each time the contracting officer exercises an option to extend the term of a contract for construction, or a contract that includes substantial and segregable construction work, the contracting officer must modify the contract to incor…
  • FAR 52.217-9 Option To Extend the Term of the Contract.
    As prescribed in 17.208(g), insert a clause substantially the same as the following: Option To Extend the Term of the Contract (MAR 2000) (a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within _…
  • DFARS 252.217-7000 Exercise of option to fulfill foreign military sales commitments.
    Basic. As prescribed in 217.208-70(a) and (a)(1), use the following clause: Exercise of Option To Fulfill Foreign Military Sales Commitments—Basic (NOV 2014) (a) The Government may exercise the option(s) of this contract to fulfill foreig…
  • DFARS 252.217-7001 Surge option.
    As prescribed in 217.208-70(b), use the following clause: Surge Option (DEC 2018) (a) General. The Government has the option to— (1) Increase the quantity of supplies or services called for under this contract by no more than ____percent…
  • FAR 52.207-5 Option To Purchase Equipment.
    As prescribed in 7.404, insert a clause substantially the same as the following: Option To Purchase Equipment (FEB 1995) (a) The Government may purchase the equipment provided on a lease or rental basis under this contract. The Contractin…
  • FAR 52.217-5 Evaluation of Options.
    … in 17.208(c), insert a provision substantially the same as the following: Evaluation of Options (JUL 1990) Except when it is determined in accordance with FAR 17.206(b) not to be in the Government's best interests, the Government will ev…
  • FAR 52.217-7 Option for Increased Quantity—Separately Priced Line Item.
    As prescribed in 17.208(e), insert a clause substantially the same as the following: Option for Increased Quantity—Separately Priced Line Item (MAR 1989) The Government may require the delivery of the numbered line item, identified in the…
  • FAR 52.217-8 Option To Extend Services.
    As prescribed in 17.208(f), insert a clause substantially the same as the following: Option To Extend Services (NOV 1999) The Government may require continued performance of any services within the limits and at the rates specified in the…
  • FAR 52.222-43 Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards—Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts).
    …or 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 subject to collec…
  • DFARS 217.202 Use of options.
    (1) See PGI 217.202 for guidance on the use of options. (i) See PGI 217.202(1) for guidance on the use of options with foreign military sales (FMS). (ii) See PGI 217.202(2) for the use options with sole source major systems for U.S. and U…
  • FAR 36.701 Standard and optional forms for use in contracting for construction or dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements.
    … days that the offer must be available for acceptance after the date offers are due. (b) Optional Form 347, Order for Supplies or Services, may be used for construction or dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contracts that …
  • FAR 52.217-3 Evaluation Exclusive of Options.
    …ubstantially the same as the following in solicitations when the solicitation includes an option clause and does not include one of the provisions prescribed in 17.208 (b) or (c): Evaluation Exclusive of Options (APR 1984) The Government …
  • FAR 52.217-6 Option for Increased Quantity.
    As prescribed in 17.208(d), insert a clause substantially the same as the following: Option for Increased Quantity (MAR 1989) The Government may increase the quantity of supplies called for in the Schedule at the unit price specified. The…
  • FAR 17.107 Options.
    Benefits may accrue by including options in a multiyear contract. In that event, contracting officers must follow the requirements of subpart 17.2. Options should not include charges for plant and equipment already amortized, or other nonre…
  • FAR 52.217-4 Evaluation of Option Exercised at Time of Contract Award.
    … in 17.208(b), insert a provision substantially the same as the following: Evaluation of Options Exercised at Time of Contract Award (JUN 1988) Except when it is determined in accordance with FAR 17.206(b) not to be in the Government's be…
  • DFARS 217.207 Exercise of options.
    (c) In addition to the requirements at FAR 17.207(c), exercise an option only after— (1) Determining that the contractor's record in the System for Award Management database is active and the contractor's unique entity identifier number, C…
  • DFARS 252.237-7027 Transfer and Adoption of Military Animals.
    As prescribed in 237.7804, use the following clause: Transfer and Adoption of Military Animals (FEB 2024) (a) Definition. As used in this clause— Contract working dog means a dog that— (1) Performs a service for DoD pursuant to a contra…
  • FAR 47.305-11 Options in shipment and delivery.
    … regard to shipment and delivery, it may be desirable to provide specifically for certain options in the solicitation. The Government may reserve the right to— (a) Direct deliveries of all or part of the contract quantity to destinations o…
  • FAR 53.300 Listing of Standard, Optional, and Agency forms.
    This subpart identifies, in numerical sequence, Standard Forms (SF), Optional Forms (OF) and agency forms that are specified by the FAR for use in acquisitions. (a) You can access the forms in Table 53-1 at the GSA Forms Library at https:/…
  • DFARS 236.701 Standard and optional forms for use in contracting for construction or dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements.
    (c) Do not use Optional Form 347, Order for Supplies or Services (see 213.307).
  • FAR 8.713 Optional acquisition of supplies and services.
    (a) Ordering offices may acquire supplies and services not included on the Procurement List from a AbilityOne participating nonprofit agency that is the low responsive, responsible offeror under a solicitation issued by other authorized acq…
  • FAR 13.303-8 Optional clause.
    The clause at 52.213-4, Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services), may be used in BPAs established under this section.
  • FAR 8.405-3 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
    …. (ii) No single-award BPA with an estimated value exceeding $150 million (including any options), may be awarded unless the head of the agency determines in writing that— (A) The orders expected under the BPA are so integrally related th…
  • FAR 17.203 Solicitations.
    (a) Solicitations shall include appropriate option provisions and clauses when resulting contracts will provide for the exercise of options (see 17.208). (b) Solicitations containing option provisions shall state the basis of evaluation, e…
  • FAR 17.204 Contracts.
    …tract, including any extension. (b) The contract shall state the period within which the option may be exercised. (c) The period shall be set so as to provide the contractor adequate lead time to ensure continuous production. (d) The per…
  • FAR 17.206 Evaluation.
    …ficer shall, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, evaluate offers for any option quantities or periods contained in a solicitation when it has been determined prior to soliciting offers that the Government is likely to exerc…
  • FAR 17.208 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    … a provision substantially the same as the provision at 52.217-3, Evaluation Exclusive of Options, in solicitations when the solicitation includes an option clause and does not include one of the provisions prescribed in paragraph (b) or (c…
  • FAR 19.301-2 Rerepresentation by a contractor that represented its status as a small business concern.
    …tion— Long-term contract means a contract of more than five years in duration, including options. However, the term does not include contracts that exceed five years in duration because the period of performance has been extended for a cum…
  • FAR 22.404-6 Modifications of wage determinations.
    …es in 22.404-6(b)(5). (d) The following applies when modifying a contract to exercise an option to extend the term of a contract: (1) A modified wage determination is effective if— (i) The contracting agency receives a written action fro…
  • FAR 22.1006 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …or 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 to be a fixed-pri…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …nges in the prices of corporate securities or corporate security ownership, such as stock options, stock appreciation rights, phantom stock plans, and junior stock conversions. (1) Any compensation which is calculated, or valued, based on …
  • FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    … importance of all other evaluation factors, when combined, when compared to price.) (b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement…
  • FAR 52.217-2 Cancellation Under Multiyear Contracts.
    …facilities, their specialized nature, and obsolescence. (h) This contract may include an Option clause with the period for exercising the option limited to the date in the contract for notification that funds are available for the next suc…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …acting plan means a subcontracting plan that covers the entire contract period (including option periods), applies to a specific contract, and has goals that are based on the offeror's planned subcontracting in support of the specific contr…
  • FAR 52.222-31 Construction Wage Rate Requirements—Price Adjustment (Percentage Method).
    …Administrator, Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor, that is effective for an option to extend the term of the contract, will apply to that option period. (b) The Contracting Officer will adjust the portion of the contract pric…
  • DFARS 217.208-70 Additional clauses.
    (a) Use the basic or the alternate of the clause at 252.217-7000, Exercise of Option to Fulfill Foreign Military Sales Commitments, in solicitations and contracts when an option may be used for foreign military sales requirements. Do not us…
  • DFARS 252.225-7009 Restriction on Acquisition of Certain Articles Containing Specialty Metals.
    …t). (D) For COTS items that are normally sold in the commercial marketplace with various options, items that include such options are also COTS items. However, if a COTS item is offered to the Government with an option that is not normally…
  • DFARS 252.225-7036 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program.
    …end product, a Panamanian end product, or a Peruvian end product, or, at the Contractor's option, a domestic end product. (d) The contract price does not include duty for end products or components for which the Contractor will claim duty-…

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