TABLE OF CONTENTS
SUBPART 16.1 -- SELECTING CONTRACT TYPES
16.102 Policies
SUBPART 16.5 -- INDEFINITE-DELIVERY CONTRACTS
16.504 Indefinite quantity contracts
16.505 Ordering
SUBPART 16.6 -- TIME-AND-MATERIALS, LABOR-HOUR AND
LETTER CONTRACTS
16.601 Time-and-material contracts
SUBPART 16.1 — SELECTING CONTRACT TYPES
(S-90) For all task orders, the DISA requirements office will retain documentation of the fair opportunity process and a copy will be provided to the contracting officer for inclusion in the task order file. For orders directed to an individual contractor, the contracting officer shall ensure that the determination required by FAR 16.505(b)(2) is retained with the task order or contract file.
SUBPART 16.5 -- INDEFINITE-DELIVERY CONTRACTS
16.504 Indefinite quantity contracts.
(S-90) Funding for the minimum guarantee shall be obligated at time of award of the contract(s) (DARS Subpart 7.105(b)(4)).
(b)(6) The Agency Competition Advocate is designated as the Agency Ombudsman for task and delivery orders issued against multiple award contracts.
SUBPART 16.6 — TIME-AND-MATERIALS, LABOR-HOUR, AND
LETTER CONTRACTS
16.601 Time-and-materials contracts.
(b) A T&M contract is the least preferred method and is to be chosen only after all other contract types have been examined and found to be inadequate for the procurement.
(d) Limitations.
(1)(i) A determination and findings that no other contract type is suitable shall be signed by the Head of the Contracting Office (HCO) prior to the execution of the base period or any option period. This requirement is applicable to any contract that contains one or more T&M CLIN(s). Head of Contracting Activity (HCA) approval is required when the base period plus any option periods will exceed three years.