[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

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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.