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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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140 sections with “task order”: the first 40

  • DFARS 252.216-7010 Postaward Debriefings for Task Orders and Delivery Orders.
    As prescribed at 216.506-70(b), use the following clause: Postaward Debriefings for Task Orders and Delivery Orders (Oct 2025) (a) Postaward debriefing. (1) Upon timely request, the Government will provide a written or oral postaward deb…
  • DFARS 237.170 Approval of contracts and task orders for services.
  • FAR 52.216-32 Task-Order and Delivery-Order Ombudsman.
    As prescribed in 16.506(j), use the following clause: Task-Order and Delivery-Order Ombudsman (SEP 2019) (a) In accordance with 41 U.S.C. 4106(g), the Agency has designated the following task-order and delivery-order Ombudsman for this co…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …erican Industry Classification System code (see 19.102(b)(3)). (8) Orders placed under a task-order contract or delivery-order contract awarded by another agency (i.e., a Governmentwide acquisition contract, or multi-agency contract)— (i)…
  • FAR 52.216-18 Ordering.
    …es to be furnished under this contract shall be ordered by issuance of delivery orders or task orders by the individuals or activities designated in the Schedule. Such orders may be issued from ___ through ___ [insert dates]. (b) All deliv…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ctivities on a requesting agency's behalf, such as awarding and administering a contract, task order, or delivery order. Basic research means that research directed toward increasing knowledge in science. The primary aim of basic research …
  • FAR 42.708 Quick-closeout procedure.
    …eout shall negotiate the settlement of direct and indirect costs for a specific contract, task order, or delivery order to be closed, in advance of the determination of final direct costs and indirect rates set forth in 42.705, if— (1) The…
  • DFARS 204.7502 Policy.
    …m office or the requiring activity. (2) Contracting officers shall not award a contract, task order, or delivery order to an offeror that does not have a current CMMC status at the CMMC level required by the solicitation. (3) Contractors …
  • DFARS 216.505 Ordering.
    …tten or oral postaward debriefing of successful and unsuccessful awardees is required for task orders and delivery orders valued at $15 million or more (section 818 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Pub. L. 115…
  • DFARS 242.708 Quick-closeout procedure.
    …horized to negotiate the settlement of direct and indirect costs for a specific contract, task order, or delivery order to be closed in advance of the determination of final direct costs and indirect rates set forth in FAR 42.705, regardles…
  • 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 52.217-11 Reverse Auction—Orders.
    …uisition Regulation 3.104-1; (2) Price or proposal information similarly generated for a task order or delivery order or an order under a blanket purchase agreement; and (3) Information identified by the Contractor or blanket purchase agr…
  • FAR 52.217-12 Reverse Auction Services.
    …isclose Government data unless specifically authorized by the terms of this contract or a task order or delivery order issued hereunder. (ii) If authorized by the terms of this contract or a task order or delivery order issued hereunder, a…
  • DFARS 204.7503 Procedures.
    … at 204.7504. (b) Award. Contracting officers shall check SPRS and not award a contract, task order, or delivery order to an offeror that does not have a current CMMC status posted in SPRS at the CMMC level (see 32 CFR 170.15 through 170.1…
  • DFARS 217.204 Contracts.
    (e)(i) Notwithstanding FAR 17.204(e), the ordering period of a task order or delivery order contract (including a contract for information technology) awarded by DoD pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 3403— (A) May be for any period up to 5 years; (B)…
  • DFARS 252.204-7021 Contractor Compliance With the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Level Requirements.
    …sary to process payments. Plan of action and milestones means a document that identifies tasks to be accomplished. It details resources required to accomplish the elements of the plan, any milestones in meeting the tasks, and scheduled com…
  • FAR 4.1602 Identifying the PIID and supplementary PIID.
    …d purchase orders. Identify the PIID for contracts and purchase orders. (3) Delivery and task orders. For delivery and task orders placed by an agency under a contract (e.g., indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts, multi-…
  • FAR 16.504 Indefinite-quantity contracts.
    …t may also specify maximum or minimum quantities that the Government may order under each task or delivery order and the maximum that it may order during a specific period of time. (4) A solicitation and contract for an indefinite quantity…
  • FAR 37.102 Policy.
    …ublic Law 106-398, section 821(a)); (i) A firm-fixed price performance-based contract or task order. (ii) A performance-based contract or task order that is not firm-fixed price. (iii) A contract or task order that is not performance-bas…
  • FAR 39.203 Applicability.
    …details of compliance can be found (e.g., vendor's or other exact website location). (c) Task order or delivery order. At the time of issuance of a task order or delivery order under an indefinite-quantity contract, the requiring and order…
  • FAR 52.215-22 Limitations on Pass-Through Charges—Identification of Subcontract Effort.
    …and the total cost of the work to be performed by each subcontractor, under the contract, task order, or delivery order. (2) If the offeror intends to subcontract more than 70 percent of the total cost of work to be performed under the con…
  • DFARS 204.2105 Solicitation provisions and contract clause.
    …for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services, and solicitations for task orders and delivery orders, basic ordering agreements (BOAs), orders against BOAs, blanket purchase agreements (BPAs), and calls against BPAs. (…
  • DFARS 204.7303 Procedures.
    …9) for each covered contractor information system that is relevant to an offer, contract, task order, or delivery order are posted in Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) (https://www.sprs.csd.disa.mil/), prior to— (1) Awarding a contra…
  • DFARS 204.7504 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
    …el Requirements, as follows: (1) Until November 9, 2028, in solicitations and contracts, task orders, or delivery orders, including those using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services, exce…
  • DFARS 237.170-2 Approval requirements.
    (a) Acquisition of services through a contract or task order that is not performance based. (1) For acquisitions at or below $100 million, obtain the approval of the official designated by the department or agency. (2) For acquisitions exc…
  • DFARS 252.228-7001 Ground and Flight Risk.
    …r means damage to the aircraft that is the result of an incorrectly performed skill-based task, operation, or action that was originally planned or intended. (b) Combined regulation/instruction. The Contractor shall be bound by the operati…
  • DFARS 252.239-7010 Cloud Computing Services.
    …isclose Government data unless specifically authorized by the terms of this contract or a task order or delivery order issued hereunder. (i) If authorized by the terms of this contract or a task order or delivery order issued hereunder, an…
  • FAR 5.703 Definition.
    As used in this subpart— Task or delivery order contract means a “delivery order contract,” and a “task order contract,” as defined in 16.501-1. For example, it includes Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs), multi-agency contracts …
  • FAR 8.402 General.
    …part, together with the pricelists, contain necessary information for placing delivery or task orders with schedule contractors. In addition, the GSA schedule contracting office issues Federal Supply Schedules publications that contain a ge…
  • FAR 8.405-1 Ordering procedures for supplies, and services not requiring a statement of work.
    … are listed in the schedules contracts at a fixed price for the performance of a specific task, where a statement of work is not required (e.g., installation, maintenance, and repair). For establishing BPAs and for orders under BPAs see 8.4…
  • FAR 8.405-2 Ordering procedures for services requiring a statement of work.
    …e for considering the level of effort and the mix of labor proposed to perform a specific task being ordered, and for determining that the total price is reasonable. Place the order with the schedule contractor that represents the best valu…
  • FAR 8.405-3 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
    … established in the BPA; or (2) Services with prices established in the BPA for specific tasks to be performed; (C) Only one source is qualified and capable of performing the work at a reasonable price to the Government; or (D) It is nec…
  • FAR 15.404-4 Profit.
    …and the amount and quality of supervision and coordination needed to perform the contract task. (C) Conversion-related indirect costs. This subfactor measures how much the indirect costs contribute to contract performance. The labor elemen…
  • FAR 17.802 Policy.
    …ernment-related data (e.g., DD Form 1423, Contract Data Requirements List; work statement task; line item). Disposition instructions shall provide for the transition of data in commercially available, or open and non-proprietary format and …
  • FAR 22.404-12 Labor standards for contracts containing construction requirements and option provisions that extend the term of the contract.
    … the wage determination incorporated into the contract at the exercise of the option into task orders issued during that option period. The wage determination will be effective for the complete period of performance of those task orders wit…
  • FAR 27.302 Policy.
    … are exempted from this paragraph (b). (6) When a contract involves a series of separate task orders, an agency may structure the contract to apply the exceptions at paragraph (b)(2)(ii) or (iii) of this section to individual task orders. …
  • FAR 52.203-16 Preventing Personal Conflicts of Interest.
    …nd maintaining from each covered employee, when the employee is initially assigned to the task under the contract, a disclosure of interests that might be affected by the task to which the employee has been assigned, as follows: (A) Financ…
  • FAR 52.215-23 Limitations on Pass-Through Charges.
    …contract or subcontract in accomplishing the work performed under the contract (including task or delivery orders). Subcontract means any contract, as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 2.101, entered into by a subcontractor t…
  • FAR 52.216-27 Single or Multiple Awards.
    … Awards (OCT 1995) The Government may elect to award a single delivery order contract or task order contract or to award multiple delivery order contracts or task order contracts for the same or similar supplies or services to two or more …
  • DFARS 216.500 Scope of subpart.
    (d)(i) When awarding task orders or delivery orders for architect-engineer services under a multiple-award contract, follow the procedures for the selection of contractors and placement of orders at FAR 36.6 to implement 10 U.S.C. 3406(h)(1…

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