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FAR 52.217-7 — Option for Increased Quantity—Separately Priced Line Item.

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52.217-7 Option for Increased Quantity—Separately Priced Line Item.

Type: Clause

Prescribed in: 17.208(e)

Current version date: MAR 1989

Prescription and Applicability

FAR Prescription, 17.208(e)

(e) Insert a clause substantially the same as the clause at 52.217-7, Option for Increased Quantity-Separately Priced Line Item, in solicitations and contracts, other than those for services, when the inclusion of an option is appropriate (see 17.200 and 17.202) and the option quantity is identified as a separately priced line item having the same nomenclature as a corresponding line item.

DFARS Supplementary Guidance, 217.208

Sealed bid solicitations shall not include provisions for evaluations of options unless the contracting officer determines that there is a reasonable likelihood that the options will be exercised (10 U.S.C. 3206(e)). This limitation also applies to sealed bid solicitations for the contracts excluded by FAR 17.200.

Current Text

52.217-7 Option for Increased Quantity—Separately Priced Line Item.

As prescribed in 17.208(e), insert a clause substantially the same as the following:

Option for Increased Quantity—Separately Priced Line Item (MAR 1989)

The Government may require the delivery of the numbered line item, identified in the Schedule as an option item, in the quantity and at the price stated in the Schedule. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor within ____ [ insert in the clause the period of time in which the Contracting Officer has to exercise the option ]. Delivery of added items shall continue at the same rate that like items are called for under the contract, unless the parties otherwise agree.

(End of clause)

[54 FR 5058, Jan. 31, 1989]

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Reference: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-48/section-52.217-7