[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

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.)