17.208 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

(a)(90) If the contract includes an option in amount exceeding $500,000 which was not evaluated prior to award, the contracting officer shall include a clause substantially the same as the clause at DFARS 252.217-7001, Surge Option, providing for definitization of the option before option exercise, except in the event urgency dictates post-exercise definitization.

(b) In addition to DFARS Clause 252.217-7001, the Contracting Officer shall include the provisions/clauses prescribed in 17.9306.

(d)(90) Exercise quantity options.

The clause at 52.217-9029, Exercise Quantity Options, may be used in IFBs, RFPs, and RFQs, and contracts when an option clause providing for incremental quantity option exercise is needed to supplement or replace FAR clauses 52.217-6, Option for Increased Quantity, and 52.217-7, Option for Increased Quantity-Separately Priced Line Items.