Subchapter C - Contracting Methods and Contract Types

  • General Services Administration Acquisition Manual
  • General Services Administration Acquisition Manual
    • Part 513 - Simplified Acquisition Procedures
      • Subpart 513.1 - Procedures
        • 513.101 General.
        • 513.106 [Reserved]
          • 513.106-1 Soliciting competition.
          • 513.106-3 Award and documentation.
      • Subpart 513.2 - Actions At or Below the Micro-Purchase Threshold
        • 513.202 Unenforceability of unauthorized obligations in micro-purchases.
      • Subpart 513.3 - Simplified Acquisition Methods
        • 513.301 Governmentwide commercial purchase card.
        • 513.302 Purchase orders.
          • 513.302-5 Clauses.
          • 513.302-70 Purchase order and related forms.
        • 513.303 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
          • 513.303-3 Preparation of BPAs.
        • 513.370 Certified invoice procedure.
          • 513.370-1 Applicability.
          • 513.370-2 Limitations.
          • 513.370-3 Invoices.
      • Subpart 513.4 - Fast Payment Procedure
        • 513.401 General.
    • Part 514 - Sealed Bidding
      • Subpart 514.2 - Solicitation of Bids
        • 514.201 Preparation of invitations for bids.
          • 514.201-1 Uniform contract format.
          • 514.201-2 Part I—The Schedule.
          • 514.201-6 Solicitation provisions.
          • 514.201-7 [Reserved]
        • 514.202 General rules for solicitation of bids.
          • 514.202-4 Bid samples.
          • 514.202-5 Descriptive literature.
        • 514.211 Release of acquisition information.
        • 514.270 Aggregate awards.
          • 514.270-1 Definition.
          • 514.270-2 Justification for use.
          • 514.270-3 Evaluation factors for award.
          • 514.270-4 Grouping line items for aggregate award.
          • 514.270-5 Evaluation methodologies for aggregate awards.
          • 514.270-6 Guidelines for using the weight factors method.
          • 514.270-7 Guidelines for using the price list method.
      • Subpart 514.3 - Submission of Bids
        • 514.302 Bid Submission.
        • 514.303 Modification or withdrawal of bids.
        • 514.304 Late bids, late modifications of bids, or late withdrawal of bids.
        • 514.370 Copies of bids required.
      • Subpart 514.4 - Opening of Bids and Award of Contract
        • 514.401 Receipt and safeguarding of bids.
        • 514.402 Opening of bids.
          • 514.402-1 Unclassified bids.
          • 514.402-70 Preferred practices for conducting bid openings.
        • 514.403 Recording of bids.
        • 514.404 Rejection of bids.
          • 514.404-1 Cancellation of invitations after opening.
          • 514.404-2 Rejection of individual bids.
        • 514.407 Mistakes in bids.
          • 514.407-3 Other mistakes disclosed before award.
          • 514.407-4 Mistakes after award.
        • 514.408 Award.
          • 514.408-6 Equal low bids.
          • 514.408-70 Forms for recommending award(s).
    • Part 515 - Contracting by Negotiation
      • Subpart 515.1 - [Reserved]
      • Subpart 515.2 - Solicitation and Receipt of Proposals and Information
        • 515.204 Contract format.
        • 515.209 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
          • 515.209-70 Contract clause.
      • Subpart 515.3 - Source Selection
        • 515.305 Proposal Evaluation.
          • 515.305-70 Use of nongovernment evaluators.
      • Subpart 515.4 - Contract Pricing
        • 515.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    • Part 516 - Types of Contracts
      • Subpart 516.2 - Fixed Price Contracts
        • 516.203 Fixed-price contracts with economic price adjustment (EPA).
          • 516.203-2 Application.
          • 516.203-3 Limitations.
          • 516.203-4 Contract clauses.
      • Subpart 516.4 - Incentive Contracts
        • 516.403 [Reserved]
          • 516.403-2 Fixed-price incentive contracts.
        • 516.405 [Reserved]
          • 516.405-1 Cost-reimbursement incentive contracts.
      • Subpart 516.5 - Indefinite-Delivery Contracts
        • 516.500 Scope of section.
          • 516.500-1 General.
        • 516.505 Ordering.
        • 516.506 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
      • Subpart 516.6 - Time-and-Materials, Labor-Hour, and Letter Contracts
        • 516.601 Time-and-materials contracts.
        • 516.603 Letter contracts.
          • 516.603-70 Additional limitations on the use of letter contracts for architect-engineer (A-E) services under the PBS Design Excellence Program.
    • Part 517 - Special Contracting Methods
      • Subpart 517.1 - Multi-year Contracting
        • 517.109 Contract clause.
      • Subpart 517.2 - Options
        • 517.200 Scope of subpart.
        • 517.202 Use of options.
        • 517.208 Solicitation provisions.
    • Part 518 - Emergency Acquisitions