§3310 — Title 41 Public Contracts | U.S. Code

Summary

Federal agencies must buy supplies in amounts that, when possible, give the best total and per-item price and do not exceed what the agency expects to need. When asking for bids, agencies should invite bidders to say if the quantity is cost-effective and, if not, to suggest another quantity with total and unit prices.

Title 41, §3310

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(a)Each executive agency shall procure supplies in a quantity that—

(1)will result in the total cost and unit cost most advantageous to the Federal Government, where practicable; and

(2)does not exceed the quantity reasonably expected to be required by the agency.

(b)Each solicitation for a contract for supplies shall, if practicable, include a provision inviting each offeror responding to the solicitation to state an opinion on whether the quantity of supplies proposed to be procured is economically advantageous to the Federal Government and, if applicable, to recommend a quantity that would be more economically advantageous to the Federal Government. Each recommendation shall include a quotation of the total price and the unit price for supplies procured in each recommended quantity.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 331041:253f.June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title III, § 303F, formerly § 303G, as added Pub. L. 98–577, title II, § 205(a), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 3073; renumbered § 303F, Pub. L. 99–145, title XIII, § 1304(c)(4)(A), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 742. In subsection (b), the words “or quantities” are omitted because of 1:1.

§3310 Quantities to Order

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Title 41, §3310

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