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140 sections with “task order contract”: the first 40

  • 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…
  • 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 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 237.170 Approval of contracts and task orders for services.
  • 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 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…
  • 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 39.103 Modular contracting.
    … quantity contracts, single contract with options, successive contracts, multiple awards, task order contracts). Contract(s) shall be structured to ensure that the Government is not required to procure additional increments. (e) To avoid o…
  • 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 204.7504 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…
  • 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 12.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …r shall specify applicability of Alternate II to that modification. (2) In the case of a task- or delivery-order contract in which not all orders will use funds appropriated or otherwise made available by the American Recovery and Reinvest…
  • FAR 14.201-7 Contract clauses.
    …er shall specify applicability of Alternate I to that modification. (B) In the case of a task- or delivery-order contract in which not all orders will use funds appropriated or otherwise made available by the American Recovery and Reinvest…
  • FAR 15.209 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …er shall specify applicability of Alternate I to that modification. (B) In the case of a task- or delivery-order contract in which not all orders will use funds appropriated or otherwise made available by the American Recovery and Reinvest…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    … 52.215-23, Limitations on Pass-Through Charges, in solicitations and contracts including task or delivery orders as follows: (A) For civilian agencies, insert the clause when— (1) The total estimated contract or order value exceeds the s…
  • FAR 16.506 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    … at 52.216-28, Multiple Awards for Advisory and Assistance Services, in solicitations for task-order contracts for advisory and assistance services that exceed 3 years and $20 million (including all options), unless a determination has been…
  • 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 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 216.506-70 Additional solicitation provisions and contract clause.
    … 215.408(3), respectively. (b) Use the clause at 252.216-7010, Postaward Debriefings for Task Orders and Delivery Orders, in competitive negotiated solicitations and contracts, including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 proced…
  • DFARS 232.7004 Contract clauses.
    …s for invoices are contained in the contract administration data section of the contract, task order, or delivery order, use the clause at 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports, in solicitations and c…
  • 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 5.406 Public disclosure of justification documents for certain contract actions.
    …sition threshold must be posted in accordance with 8.405-6(a)(2). (c) Justifications for task or delivery orders greater than the simplified acquisition threshold and awarded without providing for fair opportunity must be posted in accorda…
  • 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 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 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 12.207 Contract type.
    …hedules, follow the procedures at 8.405-6; or (iii) An order issued under multiple award task and delivery order contracts, follow the procedures at 16.505(b)(2). (2) Each D&F required by paragraph (b)(1)(ii)(A) of this section shall cont…
  • 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 16.601 Time-and-materials contracts.
    …hedules, follow the procedures at 8.405-6; or (iii) An order issued under multiple award task and delivery order contracts, follow the procedures at 16.505(b)(2). (f) Solicitation provisions. (1) The contracting officer shall insert the p…
  • FAR 19.301-2 Rerepresentation by a contractor that represented its status as a small business concern.
    …DS within 30 days after notification of the rerepresentation. (2) Rerepresentation for a task or delivery order. (i) When an order is issued under an unrestricted multiple-award contract and the contractor's rerepresentations no longer qua…
  • FAR 42.202 Assignment of contract administration.
    …vices on a case-by-case basis if resources of the agency are inadequate to accomplish the tasks. Declinations shall be in writing.
  • 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 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …meets the labor qualifications specified in the contract. Labor hours incurred to perform tasks for which labor qualifications were specified in the contract will not be paid to the extent the work is performed by individuals that do not me…
  • 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 …
  • 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…

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