(d) OTHER SOLICITATION PROVISIONS
(1) In addition to the FAR cancellation clause cited above, other sample provisions may be useful in your multi-year solicitation. Sample provisions are listed below along with the situations where they may be applicable.
Sample SOLICITATION PROVISIONS 1. Section L, "Reduction of Multi-year Requirement" • Applicability: Applicable to solicitations requesting dual proposals. REDUCTION OF MULTI-YEAR REQUIREMENT If the Government determines before award that only the first program year requirements are needed, the Government shall evaluate offers and make award solely on the basis of offers on that first year. 2. Section L, "Minimum Award Under Multi-year Procedure" • Applicability: Applicable to solicitations requesting dual proposals. MINIMUM AWARD UNDER MULTI-YEAR PROCEDURE Consistent with evaluation criteria established within Section M of this solicitation, award shall not be made on less than the first program year requirements. 3. Section L, "Submission of Multi-year Prices" • Applicability: Applicable to solicitations requesting only a multi-year proposal. SUBMISSION OF MULTI-YEAR PRICES Offerors shall submit a response/responses priced to cover the following: (a) Total requirements of the first program year. Submissions not in accordance with above shall not be considered for award and shall be declared nonresponsive. In the event that only one response is received that is both responsive and from a responsible firm, the Government reserves the right to cancel the solicitation and resolicit on a single year basis by whatever procedures are then appropriate. 4. Section L, “Multi-year Unit Prices" • Applicability: Applicable to solicitations requesting level unit pricing. MULTI-YEAR UNIT PRICES Unit prices submitted for each item or service in the total multi-year requirement shall be the same for all program years (level unit price). 5. Section L, "Multi-year Pricing of Option Items" • Applicability: Applicable to solicitations with options. MULTI-YEAR PRICING OF OPTION ITEMS In the event this solicitation provides for the use of options, option prices submitted shall not include those nonrecurring costs, which are included in the basic contract. |
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(2) You may also want to consider including a Section L Provision entitled "Multi-year Features of this Solicitation." This is an optional solicitation provision that might be appropriate for new or competitive multi-year contracts. A sample version of this provision can be found in Chapter 14.