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228 sections with “quantity”: the first 40

  • FAR 16.504 Indefinite-quantity contracts.
    (a) Description. An indefinite-quantity contract provides for an indefinite quantity, within stated limits, of supplies or services during a fixed period. The Government places orders for individual requirements. Quantity limits may be stat…
  • FAR 52.207-4 Economic Purchase Quantity—Supplies.
    As prescribed in 7.203, insert the following provision: Economic Purchase Quantity—Supplies (AUG 1987) (a) Offerors are invited to state an opinion on whether the quantity(ies) of supplies on which bids, proposals or quotes are requested …
  • FAR 52.211-16 Variation in Quantity.
    As prescribed in 11.703(a), insert the following clause: Variation in Quantity (APR 1984) (a) A variation in the quantity of any item called for by this contract will not be accepted unless the variation has been caused by conditions of l…
  • FAR 52.211-18 Variation in Estimated Quantity.
    …-price construction contract is contemplated that authorizes a variation in the estimated quantity of unit-priced items: Variation in Estimated Quantity (APR 1984) If the quantity of a unit-priced item in this contract is an estimated qua…
  • FAR 16.502 Definite-quantity contracts.
    (a) Description. A definite-quantity contract provides for delivery of a definite quantity of specific supplies or services for a fixed period, with deliveries or performance to be scheduled at designated locations upon order. (b) Applicat…
  • FAR 52.216-22 Indefinite Quantity.
    As prescribed in 16.506(e), insert the following clause: Indefinite Quantity (OCT 1995) (a) This is an indefinite-quantity contract for the supplies or services specified, and effective for the period stated, in the Schedule. The quantiti…
  • FAR 52.216-20 Definite Quantity.
    As prescribed in 16.506(c), insert the following clause: Definite Quantity (OCT 1995) (a) This is a definite-quantity, indefinite-delivery contract for the supplies or services specified, and effective for the period stated, in the Schedu…
  • FAR 52.236-16 Quantity Surveys.
    …-price construction contract providing for unit pricing of items and for payment based on quantity surveys is contemplated: Quantity Surveys (APR 1984) (a) Quantity surveys shall be conducted, and the data derived from these surveys shall…
  • FAR 36.516 Quantity surveys.
    The contracting officer may insert the clause at 52.236-16, Quantity Surveys, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract providing for unit pricing of items and for payment based on quantity surveys is contempla…
  • FAR 47.305-7 Quantity analysis, direct delivery, and reduction of crosshauling and backhauling.
    (a) Quantity analysis. (1) The requiring activity shall consider the acquisition of carload or truckload quantities. (2) When additional quantities of the supplies being acquired can be transported at lower unit transportation costs or wit…
  • FAR 52.217-6 Option for Increased Quantity.
    …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 Contracting Offi…
  • FAR 52.217-7 Option for Increased Quantity—Separately Priced Line Item.
    …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 Schedule as an o…
  • 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 7.202 Policy.
    …a) Agencies are required by 10 U.S.C. 3242 and 41 U.S.C. 3310 to procure supplies in such quantity as— (1) Will result in the total cost and unit cost most advantageous to the Government, where practicable; and (2) Does not exceed the qua…
  • FAR 11.701 Supply contracts.
    …) A fixed-price supply contract may authorize Government acceptance of a variation in the quantity of items called for if the variation is caused by conditions of loading, shipping, or packing, or by allowances in manufacturing processes. A…
  • FAR 16.501-2 General.
    (a) There are three types of indefinite-delivery contracts: Definite-quantity contracts, requirements contracts, and indefinite-quantity contracts. The appropriate type of indefinite-delivery contract may be used to acquire supplies and/or …
  • FAR 16.506 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    … Insert the clause at 52.216-18, Ordering, in solicitations and contracts when a definite-quantity contract, a requirements contract, or an indefinite-quantity contract is contemplated. (b) Insert a clause substantially the same as the cla…
  • FAR 17.208 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …d) Insert a clause substantially the same as the clause at 52.217-6, Option for Increased Quantity, in solicitations and contracts, other than those for services, when the inclusion of an option is appropriate (see 17.200 and 17.202) and th…
  • FAR 32.904 Determining payment due dates.
    …rdance with the terms and conditions of the contract, unless there is a disagreement over quantity, quality, or contractor compliance with a contract requirement; (2) If actual acceptance occurs within the constructive acceptance period, t…
  • FAR 49.402-6 Repurchase against contractor's account.
    …nsidering the quality and delivery requirements. The contracting officer may repurchase a quantity in excess of the undelivered quantity terminated for default when the excess quantity is needed, but excess cost may not be charged against t…
  • DFARS 204.7106 Contract modifications.
    …nal line item or subline item number may be used if the modification applies to the total quantity of the original line item or subline. (B) The original line item or subline item number may be used if the modification makes only minor cha…
  • DFARS 207.7002 Authority to acquire additional quantities of end items.
    …horizes DoD to use funds available for the acquisition of an end item to acquire a higher quantity of the end item than the quantity specified in a law providing for the funding of that acquisition, if the head of an agency determines that—…
  • FAR 11.703 Contract clauses.
    (a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.211-16, Variation in Quantity, in solicitations and contracts, if authorizing a variation in quantity in fixed-price contracts for supplies or for services that involve the furnishin…
  • FAR 16.501-1 Definitions.
    …very-order contract means a contract for supplies that does not procure or specify a firm quantity of supplies (other than a minimum or maximum quantity) and that provides for the issuance of orders for the delivery of supplies during the p…
  • FAR 17.202 Use of options.
    …he future to permit competitive acquisition, production, and delivery. (2) An indefinite quantity or requirements contract would be more appropriate than a contract with options. However, this does not preclude the use of an indefinite qua…
  • FAR 31.001 Definitions.
    … Labor-time standard means a preestablished measure, expressed in temporal terms, of the quantity of labor. Material cost at standard means a preestablished measure of the material elements of cost, computed by multiplying material-price …
  • FAR 48.104-1 Determining sharing period.
    …d of the sharing period is based not on a calendar date, but on acceptance of a specified quantity of future contract units. This quantity is the number of units affected by the VECP that are scheduled to be delivered over a period of betwe…
  • FAR 52.232-25 Prompt payment.
    …the designated billing office receives a proper invoice and there is no disagreement over quantity, quality, or Contractor compliance with contract requirements. (2) Certain food products and other payments. (i) Due dates on Contractor inv…
  • FAR 52.232-27 Prompt Payment for Construction Contracts.
    …gnated billing office receives a proper payment request and there is no disagreement over quantity, quality, or Contractor compliance with contract requirements. (B) The due date for payment of any amounts retained by the Contracting Offic…
  • FAR 52.247-62 Specific Quantities Unknown.
    …requirements and destinations to which shipments will be made are known, but the specific quantity to be shipped to each destination cannot be predetermined. This clause protects the interests of both the Government and the contractor durin…
  • DFARS 225.7102-2 Exceptions.
    …ed item is the end item being purchased; (b) Overseas for overseas use; or (c) When the quantity acquired exceeds the amount needed to maintain the U.S. defense mobilization base (provided the excess quantity is an economical purchase qua…
  • DFARS 252.216-7001 Economic Price Adjustment-Nonstandard Steel Items.
    …er the contract shall continue to apply for determining those indices with respect to the quantity of the non-terminated item. (3) If this contract is terminated for default, any price revision shall be limited to the quantity of the item …
  • FAR 11.702 Construction contracts.
    …on in estimated quantities of unit-priced items. When the variation between the estimated quantity and the actual quantity of a unit-priced item is more than plus or minus 15 percent, an equitable adjustment in the contract price shall be m…
  • FAR 13.106-3 Award and documentation.
    …ionally an item can be obtained only from a supplier that quotes a minimum order price or quantity that either unreasonably exceeds stated quantity requirements or results in an unreasonable price for the quantity required. In these instanc…
  • FAR 17.203 Solicitations.
    …ithout limitation as to price, and there shall be no limitation as to price if the option quantity is to be considered in the evaluation for award (see 17.206). (d) Solicitations that allow the offer of options at unit prices which differ …
  • FAR 28.101-4 Noncompliance with bid guarantee requirements.
    …guarantee submitted, although less than that required by the solicitation for the maximum quantity offered, is sufficient for a quantity for which the offeror is otherwise eligible for award. Any award to the offeror shall not exceed the qu…
  • FAR 28.102-2 Amount required.
    …f the contract; or, for requirements contracts, the price payable for the estimated total quantity; or, for indefinite-quantity contracts, the price payable for the specified minimum quantity. Original contract price does not include the pr…
  • FAR 39.203 Applicability.
    …s shall meet the applicable ICT accessibility standards at 36 CFR 1194.1. (b) Indefinite-quantity contracts. Confirmation of an exception or a determination of an exemption is not required prior to award of an indefinite-quantity contract,…
  • FAR 52.209-3 First Article Approval—Contractor Testing.
    …in testing, the Contractor may deliver the approved first article as part of the contract quantity if it meets all contract requirements for acceptance. (f) If the Government does not act within the time specified in paragraph (b) or (c) a…
  • FAR 52.209-4 First Article Approval—Government Testing.
    …ct, the Contractor— (1) May deliver the approved first article as a part of the contract quantity, provided it meets all contract requirements for acceptance and was not consumed or destroyed in testing; and (2) Shall remove and dispose o…

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