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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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62 sections with “option to purchase”: the first 40

  • 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 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 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 7.402 Acquisition methods.
    …y purchase. (2) If a rent or lease method is justified, a rental or lease agreement with option to purchase is preferable. (3) Generally, a long term rental or lease agreement should be avoided, but may be appropriate if an option to purc…
  • 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 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 52.219-9 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…
  • 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 252.225-7017 Photovoltaic Devices.
    …photovoltaic device) or a qualifying country photovoltaic device; or, at the Contractor's option, a domestic photovoltaic device; (3) $100,000 or more but less than $174,000, then the Contractor shall utilize under this contract only domes…
  • 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 7.404 Contract clause.
    …ntracting officer shall insert a clause substantially the same as the clause in 52.207-5, Option to Purchase Equipment, in solicitations and contracts involving a rental or lease agreement with option to purchase.
  • FAR 51.102 Authorization to use Government supply sources.
    …quisitioning from the VA, the contractor should use FEDSTRIP or MILSTRIP, as appropriate, Optional Form 347, Order for Supplies or Services (see 53.302-347), or an agency-approved form; (4) May include any other limitations or conditions d…
  • FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …or 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 Contract Labor Standard…
  • FAR 52.241-9 Connection Charge.
    …ge in accordance with the terms of this contract, the Contractor shall have the following options: (1) To retain in place for ____ months after the notice of termination by the Government such facilities on condition that— (i) If, during …
  • 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 19.704 Subcontracting plan requirements.
    …throughout the life of the contract. (c) For multiyear contracts or contracts containing options, the cumulative value of the basic contract and all options is considered in determining whether a subcontracting plan is necessary. If a subc…
  • FAR 25.403 World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement and Free Trade Agreements.
    …by lease, rental, or lease-purchase contract (including lease-to-ownership, or lease-with-option-to purchase) is covered by the WTO GPA or an FTA, calculate the estimated acquisition value as follows: (i) If a fixed-term contract of 12 mon…
  • 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 9.104-3 Application of standards.
    … take into account the time period covered by the contract base period or quantities plus option periods or quantities, if such options are considered when evaluating offers for award. (b) Satisfactory performance record. A prospective con…
  • 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 19.302 Protesting a small business representation or rerepresentation.
    …bed in the written determination. However, the contracting officer shall not exercise any options or award further task or delivery orders. (i) SBA will dismiss untimely protests. A protest that is not timely, even though received before a…
  • FAR 19.306 Protesting a firm's status as a HUBZone small business concern.
    …hat termination is not in the best interests of the Government; and (2) Not exercise any options or award further task or delivery orders under the contract. (ii) SBA will remove the concern's designation as a certified HUBZone small busi…
  • 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.
    …best interests of the Government. However, the contracting officer shall not exercise any options or award further task or delivery orders; (ii) The contracting officer shall update the FPDS to reflect the final SBA decision; and (iii) SB…
  • FAR 43.301 Use of forms.
    …fication of Contract, exclusive of actions processed under part 15, shall (except for the options stated in 43.301(a)(2) or actions processed under part 15) be used for— (i) Any amendment to a solicitation; (ii) Change orders issued under…
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …89, A-102, A-110, A-122, and A-133, and the guidance in Circular A-50 on Audit Followup. Option means a unilateral right in a contract by which, for a specified time, the Government may elect to purchase additional supplies or services cal…
  • FAR 4.2102 Prohibition.
    …ficers shall not— (1) Procure or obtain, or extend or renew a contract (e.g., exercise an option) to procure or obtain, any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essenti…
  • FAR 7.107-1 General.
    …in accordance with 8.604 or an exception in accordance with 8.605 or 8.706; or (ii) When optional acquisitions of supplies and services permitted under 8.713 are included.
  • FAR 7.401 Acquisition considerations.
    …, complexity, and estimated period of use of the equipment: (i) Availability of purchase options. (ii) Cancellation, extension, and early return conditions and fees. (iii) Ability to swap out or exchange equipment. (iv) Available warran…
  • FAR 8.402 General.
    …ific information (i.e., national stock number, part number, common name), review delivery options, place orders directly with Schedule contractors (except see 8.405-6) and pay for orders using the Governmentwide commercial purchase card. (…
  • FAR 8.404 Use of Federal Supply Schedules.
    …contractor exceeds at its own risk; and (C) When the total performance period, including options, is more than three years, the D&F prepared in accordance with this paragraph shall be signed by the contracting officer and approved by the h…
  • FAR 9.405-1 Continuation of current contracts.
    …anket purchase agreements, or basic ordering agreements; or (iii) Add new work, exercise options, or otherwise extend the duration of current contracts or orders. (b) Ineligible contractors. A covered agency, as defined in 9.110-1, shall …
  • FAR 11.107 Solicitation provision.
    …ry Consensus Standards and in Conformity Assessment Activities”). Use of the provision is optional for agencies that report their use of voluntary consensus standards to the National Institute of Standards and Technology using the categoric…
  • FAR 13.000 Scope of part.
    … exceeding $9 million ($15 million for acquisitions as described in 13.500(c)), including options. See part 12 for policies applicable to the acquisition of commercial items exceeding the micro-purchase threshold. See 36.602-5 for simplifie…
  • FAR 13.003 Policy.
    …; or (ii) $9 million ($15 million for acquisitions as described in 13.500(c)), including options, for acquisitions of commercial products or commercial services using subpart 13.5. (2) Do not break down requirements aggregating more than …
  • FAR 14.201-2 Part I—The Schedule.
    …d quantities (see part 11). The SF 33 and SF 1447 may be supplemented as necessary by the Optional Form 336 (OF 336), Continuation Sheet. (c) Section C, Description/specifications. Include any description or specifications needed in additi…

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