(a) Unpriced task orders. The Contracting Officer shall insert the clause at 2452.216 75, Unpriced Task Orders, in contracts in which task orders are individually negotiated and when there may be a need to issue unpriced task orders. The Contracting Officer shall ensure that the cost of the work authorized by any unpriced task order is not in excess of the funds available for the order. The Contracting Officer shall establish the time period for the definitization of each unpriced order and insert the anticipated date of definitization in the clause. The HCA shall approve periods that exceed 180 days.
(b) Minimum and maximum quantities and amounts for order. The Contracting Officer shall insert the clause at 2452.216-76, Minimum and Maximum Quantities and Amounts for Order, in all indefinite-quantity solicitations and contracts. When the clause is used for definite-quantity or requirements solicitations and contracts, the Contracting Officer shall insert "none" for the minimum quantities and minimum amounts for order. When the quantity amounts are based upon labor rates established in the contract, the Contracting Officer shall use the clause with its Alternate I.
(c) Estimated quantities - requirements contract. The Contracting Officer shall insert the provision at 2452.216-77, Estimated Quantities - Requirements Contract, in all solicitations for requirements contracts.
(d) Ordering procedures. The Contracting Officer shall insert the clause at 2452.216-78, Ordering Procedures, in all indefinite-delivery solicitations and contracts. If the supplies or services to be ordered under the contract are pre-priced in the contract, the orders will be issued on a fixed-price basis, and no order terms are negotiated before issuance, the Contracting Officer shall use the clause with its Alternate I. If the contract provides for the issuance of task orders for services on a negotiated basis (see also 2416.505), the Contracting Officer shall use the clause with its Alternate II.
(e) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 2452.216-75, Unpriced Task Orders, in contracts for which task orders are individually negotiated and there may be a need to issue unpriced task orders; provided, however, that the contracting officer shall ensure that the cost of the work authorized by the task order is not in excess of the funds obligated under the contract.
