[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 6]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR1852.216-80]

[Page 280-281]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
        CHAPTER 18--NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
Sec. 1852.216-80  Task ordering procedure.

    As prescribed in 1816.506-70, insert the following clause:

                   Task Ordering Procedures (OCT 1996)

    (a) Only the Contracting Officer may issue task orders to the 
Contractor, providing specific authorization or direction to perform 
work within the scope of the contract and as specified in the schedule. 
The Contractor may incur costs under this contract in performance of 
task orders and task order modifications issued in accordance with this 
clause. No other costs are authorized unless otherwise specified in the 
contract or expressly authorized by the Contracting Officer.
    (b) Prior to issuing a task order, the Contracting Officer shall 
provide the Contractor with the following date:
    (1) A functional description of the work identifying the objectives 
or results desired from the contemplated task order.
    (2) Proposed performance standards to be used as criteria for 
determining whether the work requirements have been met.
    (3) A request for a task plan from the Contractor to include the 
technical approach, period of performance, appropriate cost information, 
and any other information required to determine the reasonableness of 
the Contractor's proposal.
    (c) Within ---- calendar days after receipt of the Contracting 
Officer's request, the Contractor shall submit a task plan conforming to 
the request.
    (d) After review and any necessary discussions, the Contracting 
Officer may issue a task order to the Contractor containing, as a 
minimum, the following:
    (1) Date of the order.
    (2) Contract number and order number.
    (3) Functional description of the work identifying the objectives or 
results desired from the task order, including special instructions or 
other information necessary for performance of the task.
    (4) Performance standards, and where appropriate, quality assurance 
standards.
    (5) Maximum dollar amount authorized (cost and fee or price). This 
includes allocation of award fee among award fee periods, if applicable.
    (6) Any other resources (travel, materials, equipment, facilities, 
etc.) authorized.
    (7) Delivery/performance schedule including start and end dates.
    (8) If contract funding is by individual task order, accounting and 
appropriation data.
    (e) The Contractor shall provide acknowledgement of receipt to the 
Contracting Officer within ---- calendar days after receipt of the task 
order.
    (f) If time constraints do not permit issuance of a fully defined 
task order in accordance with the procedures described in

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paragraphs (a) through (d), a task order which includes a ceiling price 
may be issued.
    (g) The Contracting officer may amend tasks in the same manner in 
which they are issued.
    (h) In the event of a conflict between the requirements of the task 
order and the Contractor's approved task plan, the task order shall 
prevail.

                             (End of clause)

    Alternate I (OCT 1996). As prescribed in 1816.506-70, insert the 
following paragraph (i) if the contract does not include 533M reporting:

    (i) Contractor shall submit monthly task order progress reports. As 
a minimum, the reports shall contain the following information:
    (1) Contract number, task order number, and date of the order.
    (2) Task ceiling price.
    (3) Cost and hours incurred to date for each issued task.
    (4) Costs and hours estimated to complete each issued task.
    (5) Significant issues/problems associated with a task.
    (6) Cost summary of the status of all tasks issued under the 
contract.

[62 FR 3485, Jan. 23, 1997]