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PART 16 -- TYPES OF CONTRACTS

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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 16.5 -- INDEFINITE-DELIVERY CONTRACTS

AC 11-01

16.504

Approved 14 Oct 2010

16.504 Indefinite-quantity contracts.

(c)(1)(ii)(D) Limitation on single award contracts.

(1) The authority to make the determination authorized in FAR 16.504(c)(1)(ii)(D)(1)(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) is the DISA Senior Procurement Executive. This authority may not be further delegated. See Appendix K for a sample D&F supporting the award of a single-award task or delivery order contract estimated to exceed $103 million. See DARS Section 7.103 for guidance for coordinating a consolidated staffing package for SPE approval that includes the Acquisition Plan, D&F and Congressional notifications.

(S-90) Funding for the minimum guarantee shall be obligated at time of award of the contract(s) (DARS Subpart 7.105(b)(4)).

16.505 Ordering.

(b)(6) The Agency Competition Advocate is designated as the Agency Ombudsman for task and delivery orders issued against multiple award contracts.

(b)(2)(ii)(B) Orders exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold. As a minimum, each justification shall include the following information and be approved in accordance with paragraph (b)(2)(ii)(C) of this section:

(S-90) Refer to Appendix H for J&A template for FAR/DFARS Parts 16 acquisitions.

(S-91) See DARS 6.303-90(a) & (b) for J&A format. See DARS 6.303-90(c) and (d) and 6.304(S-90) for amended justification requirements.

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.

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