[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
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[CITE: 48CFR7.204]

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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.  7.204  Responsibilities of contracting officers.

    (a) Contracting officers are responsible for transmitting offeror 
responses to the solicitation provision at 52.207-4 to appropriate 
inventory management/requirements development activities in accordance 
with agency procedures. The economic purchase quantity data so obtained 
are intended to assist inventory managers in establishing and evaluating 
economic order quantities for supplies under their cognizance.
    (b) In recognition of the fact that economic purchase quantity data 
furnished by offerors are only one of many data inputs required for 
determining the most economical order quantities, contracting officers 
should generally take no action to revise quantities to be acquired in 
connection with the instant procurement. However, if a significant price 
variation is evident from offeror responses, and the potential for 
significant savings is apparent, the contracting officer shall consult 
with the cognizant inventory manager or requirements development 
activity before proceeding with an award or negotiations. If this 
consultation discloses that the Government should be ordering an item of 
supply in different quantities and the inventory manager/requirements 
development activity concurs, the solicitation for the item should be 
amended or canceled and a new requisition should be obtained.