[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: 48CFR7.202]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 7_ACQUISITION PLANNING--Table of Contents
 
Subpart 7.2_Planning for the Purchase of Supplies in Economic Quantities
 
Sec.  7.202  Policy.

    (a) Agencies are required by 10 U.S.C. 2384(a) and 41 U.S.C. 253(f) 
to procure supplies in such quantity as (1) will result in the total 
cost and unit cost most advantageous to the Government, where 
practicable, and (2) does not exceed the quantity reasonably expected to 
be required by the agency.

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    (b) Each solicitation for a contract for supplies is required, if 
practicable, to include a provision inviting each offeror responding to 
the solicitation (1) to state an opinion on whether the quantity of the 
supplies proposed to be acquired is economically advantageous to the 
Government, and (2) if applicable, to recommend a quantity or quantities 
which would be more economically advantageous to the Government. Each 
such recommendation is required to include a quotation of the total 
price and the unit price for supplies procured in each recommended 
quantity.