[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR13.004]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 13_SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  13.004  Legal effect of quotations.

    (a) A quotation is not an offer and, consequently, cannot be 
accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Therefore, 
issuance by the Government of an order in response to a supplier's 
quotation does not establish a contract. The order is an offer by the 
Government to the supplier to buy certain supplies or services upon 
specified terms and conditions. A contract is established when the 
supplier accepts the offer.
    (b) When appropriate, the contracting officer may ask the supplier 
to indicate acceptance of an order by notification to the Government, 
preferably in writing, as defined at 2.101. In other circumstances, the 
supplier may indicate acceptance by furnishing the supplies or services 
ordered or by proceeding with the work to the point where substantial 
performance has occurred.
    (c) If the Government issues an order resulting from a quotation, 
the Government may (by written notice to the supplier, at any time 
before acceptance occurs) withdraw, amend, or cancel its offer. (See 
13.302-4 for procedures on termination or cancellation of purchase 
orders.)