Jul 11, 2014 · As many of us know, GAO stated in Major Contracting Services, B-401472, that agencies must EITHER evaluate for exercise of the Dash 8 Clause (FAR 52.217-8) at award OR do a sole-source justification/evaluate price when the time comes and they decide to exercise it.

Nov 14, 2013 · If the Government exercises one or more short term extensions in accordance with FAR Clause 52.217-8 and this instruction or an option period pursuant to FAR Clause 52.217-9, or any combination thereof, the contract as extended shall be deemed to include this extension instruction and FAR Clause 52.217-8; thus, the authority to extend services ...

Jul 25, 2023 · DHS prohibits creating separate -8 CLINs for the reasons cited by Witty. But you have to "evaluate the -8 by adding the price for six months of performance to the total proposed price" even though the vendor never proposed it (that's exactly how it reads: "evaluate by adding".) But don't include it in the contract price.

Aug 24, 2016 · The Government may require continued performance of the contract IAW FAR Clause 52.217-8. If the option to extend services clause is exercised, the price for current option period will be pro-rated IAW FAR Clause 52.217-8 at the rates specified for that option period. However, at 17.203 -- Solicitations.

Jul 11, 2014 · That's nonsense. It is a problem, a complication, but it is not beyond solution. You can and must "dollarize" the -8 option in order to evaluate it during source selection, as the GAO expressly requires based on rules in FAR Subpart 17.2 (see Major Contracting Services, Inc., Comp. Gen. Dec. B-401472, 2009 CPD ¶ 170, recons. denied, 2009 CPD ¶ 250), and to include the value of the option ...

Dec 2, 2020 · FAR 52.217-8 states, in part, that "The Government may require continued performance of any services within the limits and at the rates specified in the contract. These rates may be adjusted only as a result of revisions to prevailing labor rates provided by the Secretary of Labor. The option pro...

Sep 22, 2016 · 52.217-8 -- Option to Extend Services. As prescribed in 17.208(f), insert a clause substantially the same as the following: Option to Extend Services (Nov 1999) The Government may require continued performance of any services within the limits and at …

Apr 13, 2010 · I have in my contract FAR Clause 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services. The Government has already extended services three times for a total of 5 months. FAR 52.217-8 states that "the option provision may be extended more than once, but the total extension of perfromance hereunder shall not exceed six months.

Jun 15, 2012 · And if doing this with 52.217-8, although not required by the FAR, should we provide a similar notice to the contractor as the one required by 52.217-9? You answer your own question. While the main point of Arko was contending the difference of the use between 52.217-8 and 52.237-3, you are contending a certain provision of when the option may ...

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