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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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90 sections with “option item”: the first 40

  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • DFARS 252.211-7003 Item Unique Identification and Valuation.
    …ber (if there is serialization within the lot or batch number). (7) Current part number (optional and only if not the same as the original part number). (8) Current part number effective date (optional and only if current part number is u…
  • 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 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 17.208 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 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 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…
  • 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-…
  • FAR 22.407 Solicitation provision and contract clauses.
    …ice contract subject to the Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute that will contain option provisions by which the contracting officer may extend the term of the contract, and the contracting officer determines the most appropriate co…
  • FAR 52.247-33 F.o.b. Origin, With Differentials.
    …essed as a rate in cents for each 100 pounds (CWT) of the supplies for one or more of the options under this clause that the Government may specify at the time of shipment. (2) These differential(s) will be considered in the evaluation of …
  • DFARS 207.106 Additional requirements for major systems.
    …e see PGI 207.105(b)(14)(ii)(2); (iii) Address the merits of including a priced contract option for the future delivery of technical data and computer software, and associated license rights, that were not acquired upon initial contract aw…
  • DFARS 234.005-1 Competition.
    …om a broad agency announcement (see 235.016) may contain a contract line item or contract option using funds not limited to those identified in 235.016 for the development and demonstration or initial production of technology developed unde…
  • DFARS 252.225-7001 Buy American and Balance of Payments Program.
    …ct, the Contractor shall deliver a qualifying country 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-…
  • FAR 13.106-1 Soliciting competition.
    … issue a written solicitation for construction requirements exceeding $2,000. (e) Use of options. Options may be included in solicitations, provided the requirements of subpart 17.2 are met and the aggregate value of the acquisition and al…
  • FAR 52.216-16 Incentive Price Revision—Firm Target.
    … in 16.406(a), add the following paragraph (o) to the basic clause: (o) Provisioning and options. Parts, other supplies, or services that are to be furnished under this contract on the basis of a provisioning document or Government option …
  • FAR 52.216-17 Incentive Price Revision—Successive Targets.
    … in 16.406(b), add the following paragraph (q) to the basic clause: (q) Provisioning and options. Parts, other supplies, or services that are to be furnished under this contract on the basis of a provisioning document or Government option …
  • FAR 52.219-28 Postaward Small Business Program Rerepresentation.
    …ause— 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 52.222-32 Construction Wage Rate Requirements—Price Adjustment (Actual 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)(1) The Contractor states that if the prices in this contract contain…
  • FAR 52.225-3 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act.
    …ani, Panamanian, or Peruvian end product), an Israeli end product or, at the Contractor's option, a domestic end product. (End of clause) Alternate I [Reserved] Alternate II (JAN 2025). As prescribed in 25.1101(b)(1)(ii), substitute the …
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    … under the entire contract; (2) Any property that the Government is obligated or has the option to take over under any type of contract, e.g., as a result either of any changes in the specifications or plans thereunder or of the terminatio…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …considerations. (i) For each contract contemplated, discuss use of multiyear contracting, options, or other special contracting methods (see part 17); any special clauses, special solicitation provisions, or FAR deviations required (see sub…
  • FAR 8.406-1 Order placement.
    …ontaining brand-name specifications that exceed $25,000. (b) Ordering activities may use Optional Form 347, an agency-prescribed form, or an established electronic communications format to order supplies or services from schedule contracts…
  • FAR 12.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …3) The contracting officer may include appropriate provisions and clauses when the use of options is in the Government's interest. The provisions and clauses prescribed in 17.208 may be used for this purpose. If the provision at 52.212-2 is…
  • FAR 16.503 Requirements contracts.
    …(2) No requirements contract in an amount estimated to exceed $150 million (including all options) may be awarded to a single source unless a determination is executed in accordance with 16.504(c)(1)(ii)(D). (c) Government property furnish…
  • FAR 16.506 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …sory and assistance services contracts that exceed 3 years and $20 million (including all options). (g) Insert the provision at 52.216-28, Multiple Awards for Advisory and Assistance Services, in solicitations for task-order contracts for …
  • FAR 22.404-2 General requirements.
    …ies. The contracting officer must not include project wage determinations in contracts or options other than those for which they are issued. When exercising an option to extend the term of a contract, the contracting officer must select th…
  • FAR 45.101 Definitions.
    … under the entire contract; (2) Any property that the Government is obligated or has the option to take over under any type of contract, e.g., as a result either of any changes in the specifications or plans thereunder or of the terminatio…
  • FAR 48.001 Definitions.
    …s in quantities after VECP acceptance that are due to contract modifications, exercise of options, additional orders, and funding of subsequent year requirements on a multiyear contract. Collateral costs means agency costs of operation, ma…
  • FAR 49.603-1 Fixed-price contracts—complete termination.
    … contract. (ix) All rights and liabilities of the parties under the contract relating to options (except options to continue or increase the work under the contract), covenants not to compete, and covenants of indemnity. (x) All rights an…
  • FAR 49.603-3 Cost-reimbursement contracts—complete termination, if settlement includes cost.
    … contract. (ix) All rights and liabilities of the parties under the contract relating to options (except options to continue or increase the work under the contract), covenants not to compete, and covenants of indemnity. (x) Unresolved de…
  • FAR 49.603-4 Cost-reimbursement contracts—complete termination, with settlement limited to fee.
    …contract. (vii) All rights and liabilities of the parties under the contract relating to options (except options to continue or increase the work under the contract), covenants not to compete, and covenants of indemnity. (viii) All rights…
  • FAR 52.222-54 Employment Eligibility Verification.
    …erification of new employees applies only to new employees assigned to the contract. (4) Option to verify employment eligibility of all employees. The Contractor may elect to verify all existing employees hired after November 6, 1986 (afte…
  • FAR 52.248-1 Value Engineering.
    …s in quantities after VECP acceptance that are due to contract modifications, exercise of options, additional orders, and funding of subsequent year requirements on a multiyear contract. Collateral costs, as used in this clause, means agen…
  • DFARS 225.7004-6 Waiver of restrictions.
    …to— (A) Subcontracts entered into on or after the effective date of the waiver; and (B) Options for the procurement of items that are exercised after the effective date of the waiver, if the option prices are adjusted for any reason other…

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