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13 sections with “substantial bundling”

  • FAR 7.107-4 Substantial bundling.
    (a)(1) Substantial bundling is any bundling that results in a contract or task or delivery order with an estimated value of— (i) $8 million or more for the Department of Defense; (ii) $6 million or more for the National Aeronautics and Sp…
  • FAR 7.107 Additional requirements for acquisitions involving consolidation, bundling, or substantial bundling.
  • FAR 7.107-3 Bundling.
    (a) Bundling may provide substantial benefits to the Government. However, because of the potential impact on small business participation, before conducting an acquisition strategy that involves bundling, the agency shall make a written det…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ng agency determines the product was developed exclusively at private expense and sold in substantial quantities, on a competitive basis, to multiple State and local governments or to multiple foreign governments. Commercial service means—…
  • FAR 7.107-5 Notifications.
    …7.107-2 for the required content of the determination. (d) Notification to the public of substantial bundling of contract requirements. The head of the agency shall publish in the GPE— (1) A notice that the agency has determined that a pr…
  • FAR 5.205 Special situations.
    …tion 8(a) program. (g) Notifications to the public regarding consolidation, bundling, or substantial bundling. (1) For the requirement to publish a notification of consolidation or substantial bundling of contract requirements, see 7.107-5…
  • FAR 16.506 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …ements contract, or an indefinite-quantity contract is contemplated. (b) Insert a clause substantially the same as the clause at 52.216-19, Order Limitations, in solicitations and contracts when a definite-quantity contract, a requirements…
  • DFARS 205.205-70 Notification of bundling of DoD contracts.
    …tent to bundle the requirement. In addition, if the agency has determined that measurably substantial benefits are expected to be derived as a result of bundling, the notification shall include a brief description of those benefits (see FAR…
  • FAR 7.104 General procedures.
    …alist when the strategy contemplates an acquisition meeting the thresholds in 7.107-4 for substantial bundling unless the contract or task order or delivery order is totally set-aside for small business under part 19. The small business spe…
  • FAR 7.107-6 Solicitation provision.
    …tures (Multiple-Award Contracts), in solicitations for multiple-award contracts above the substantial bundling threshold of the agency (see 7.107-4(a)).
  • FAR 19.201 General policy.
    …nse, the Director of the Office of Small Business Programs, when the criteria relating to substantial bundling at 7.107-4(a)(1) are met. (3) The small business specialist shall coordinate with the contracting activity and the SBA PCR on al…
  • FAR 19.202-1 Encouraging small business participation in acquisitions.
    … or bundling, including the acquisition plan or strategy, and if the acquisition involves substantial bundling, the information identified in 7.107-4. The contracting officer shall also provide the same information to the agency Office of S…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …8-136 (40 U.S.C. 1103 note), orders placed under multi-agency contracts for services that substantially or to a dominant extent specify performance of architect-engineer services, as defined in 2.101, shall— (i) Be awarded using the proced…

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