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48 C.F.R. § 52.216-22

52.216-22 Indefinite Quantity.

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As prescribed in 16.506(e), insert the following clause:

Indefinite Quantity (OCT 1995)

(a) This is an indefinite-quantity contract for the supplies or services specified, and effective for the period stated, in the Schedule. The quantities of supplies and services specified in the Schedule are estimates only and are not purchased by this contract.

(b) Delivery or performance shall be made only as authorized by orders issued in accordance with the Ordering clause. The Contractor shall furnish to the Government, when and if ordered, the supplies or services specified in the Schedule up to and including the quantity designated in the Schedule as the maximum. The Government shall order at least the quantity of supplies or services designated in the Schedule as the minimum.

(c) Except for any limitations on quantities in the Order Limitations clause or in the Schedule, there is no limit on the number of orders that may be issued. The Government may issue orders requiring delivery to multiple destinations or performance at multiple locations.

(d) Any order issued during the effective period of this contract and not completed within that period shall be completed by the Contractor within the time specified in the order. The contract shall govern the Contractor's and Government's rights and obligations with respect to that order to the same extent as if the order were completed during the contract's effective period; provided, that the Contractor shall not be required to make any deliveries under this contract after ___ [insert date].

(End of clause) [48 FR 42478, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 55 FR 38518, Sept. 18, 1990; 60 FR 49727, Sept. 26, 1995]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1995–2023 · leading case: Schweiger Construction Co. v. United States
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Schweiger Construction Co. v. United States (2001) uscfc · cites it 2× “00800-5; 48 C.F.R. § 52.216-22 (1984)). The contract specified the contractual minimum as being $175,803.”
Gardiner, Kamya & Associates, P.C. v. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (2006) cafc “48 C.F.R. § 52.216-22 (“The Contractor shall furnish to the Government, when and if ordered, the supplies or services specified.”
HP Enterprise Services, LLC v. United States (2012) uscfc “216-22, 48 C.F.R. § 52.216-22 (2011). AR at 470-71.”
Howell v. United States (2002) uscfc “” 48 C.F.R. 52.216-22 (1983). Here, the contracts contained the FAR-mandated indefinite-quantity clause, obligating defendant to order some minimum quantity of plaintiffs services.”
Coyle's Pest Control, Inc. v. Andrew Cuomo, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (1998) cafc “See 48 C.F.R §§ 52.216-22, 16.505(e) (1993). Also absent were two provisions generally associated with requirements contracts: (1) a clause requiring HUD to order all of its subterranean termite inspections and treatments from Coyle; and (2) the requirements clause found in FAR…”
Rice Lake Contracting, Inc. v. United States (1995) uscfc · cites it 2× “In the instant case, however, in order to persuade the court that the contract between plaintiff and the Air Force is an indefinite quantity contract, defendant cites to Clause 99 of the Rice Lake contract, which is a full text version of 48 C.F.R. § 52.216-22 (1986) In…”
International Data Products Corp. v. United States (2005) uscfc · cites it 2× “” 48 C.F.R. § 52.216-22 (a) (1984). The Desktop V contract consisted of one base year and four one-year options, Compl.”
Daydanyon Corp. v. Department of Defense (2015) cafc “211; see also 48 C.F.R. § 52.216-22 . 1 On April 29, 2010, DSCP approved Day-Danyon’s First Article Test sample, and authorized DayDanyon to begin production of the JMICs.”
United International Investigative Services, Inc. v. United States (2003) uscfc “at 39 (Contract § 1-7, incorporating by reference 48 C.F.R. § 52.216-22 , entitled “Indefinite Quantity”).”
Legion Systems, LLC v. Valiant Global Defense Services, Inc. (2023) flmd · cites it 5× “48 C.F.R. § 52.216-22 . Valiant argues that FAR 52.”
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