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17.106 - Procedures | FAR Navigator

17.106

Procedures

FAR 17.106 provides essential procedures for planning, soliciting, and awarding multi-year contracts, including special rules for DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard.

Overview

FAR 17.106 outlines the procedures for implementing multi-year contracting as described in Subpart 17.1. This section provides guidance on general procedures, solicitation requirements, and special procedures for the Department of Defense (DoD), NASA, and the Coast Guard. The goal is to ensure that multi-year contracts are structured, solicited, and awarded in compliance with federal regulations, maximizing efficiency and minimizing risk for the government.

Key Rules

General Procedures (17.106-1)
- Establishes the foundational steps and considerations for multi-year contracting, including planning, funding, and contract structuring.
Solicitations (17.106-2)
- Details requirements for preparing and issuing solicitations for multi-year contracts, ensuring transparency and competition.
Special Procedures for DoD, NASA, and Coast Guard (17.106-3)
- Specifies additional or alternative procedures applicable to these agencies, reflecting their unique statutory authorities and operational needs.

Responsibilities

Contracting Officers: Must follow prescribed procedures for planning, soliciting, and awarding multi-year contracts, and apply special rules for DoD, NASA, and Coast Guard when applicable.
Contractors: Should understand solicitation requirements and be prepared to comply with multi-year contract terms and agency-specific procedures.
Agencies: Responsible for oversight, ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements, and applying special procedures as required.

Practical Implications

This section ensures multi-year contracts are awarded efficiently and in compliance with law, reducing administrative burden and providing cost savings.
Contractors must pay close attention to solicitation details and agency-specific requirements, especially when bidding on DoD, NASA, or Coast Guard contracts.
Failure to follow these procedures can result in disqualification or contract disputes.

Coast Guard Contracts

DoD Contracts

Multi-year Contracts

NASA Contracts

Apply special procedures for DoD, NASA, and Coast Guard contracts per 17.106-3.

Document planning and funding considerations for multi-year contracts.

Ensure all statutory and regulatory requirements for multi-year contracts are met.

Follow general multi-year contracting procedures as outlined in 17.106-1.

Prepare solicitations in accordance with 17.106-2 requirements.

Review agency-specific guidance for additional compliance steps.

References done in this section

17.106-1General

17.106-2Solicitations

17.106-3Special procedures applicable to DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard

17.1Multi-year Contracting

17.106

Procedures

FAR 17.106 provides essential procedures for planning, soliciting, and awarding multi-year contracts, including special rules for DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard.

Overview

Key Rules

General Procedures (17.106-1)
- Establishes the foundational steps and considerations for multi-year contracting, including planning, funding, and contract structuring.
Solicitations (17.106-2)
- Details requirements for preparing and issuing solicitations for multi-year contracts, ensuring transparency and competition.
Special Procedures for DoD, NASA, and Coast Guard (17.106-3)
- Specifies additional or alternative procedures applicable to these agencies, reflecting their unique statutory authorities and operational needs.

Responsibilities

Contracting Officers: Must follow prescribed procedures for planning, soliciting, and awarding multi-year contracts, and apply special rules for DoD, NASA, and Coast Guard when applicable.
Contractors: Should understand solicitation requirements and be prepared to comply with multi-year contract terms and agency-specific procedures.
Agencies: Responsible for oversight, ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements, and applying special procedures as required.

Practical Implications

This section ensures multi-year contracts are awarded efficiently and in compliance with law, reducing administrative burden and providing cost savings.
Contractors must pay close attention to solicitation details and agency-specific requirements, especially when bidding on DoD, NASA, or Coast Guard contracts.
Failure to follow these procedures can result in disqualification or contract disputes.

Coast Guard Contracts

DoD Contracts

Multi-year Contracts

NASA Contracts

Apply special procedures for DoD, NASA, and Coast Guard contracts per 17.106-3.

Document planning and funding considerations for multi-year contracts.

Ensure all statutory and regulatory requirements for multi-year contracts are met.

Follow general multi-year contracting procedures as outlined in 17.106-1.

Prepare solicitations in accordance with 17.106-2 requirements.

Review agency-specific guidance for additional compliance steps.

References done in this section

17.106-1General

17.106-2Solicitations

17.106-3Special procedures applicable to DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard

17.1Multi-year Contracting

17.106

Procedures

FAR 17.106 provides essential procedures for planning, soliciting, and awarding multi-year contracts, including special rules for DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard.

Overview

Key Rules

General Procedures (17.106-1)
- Establishes the foundational steps and considerations for multi-year contracting, including planning, funding, and contract structuring.
Solicitations (17.106-2)
- Details requirements for preparing and issuing solicitations for multi-year contracts, ensuring transparency and competition.
Special Procedures for DoD, NASA, and Coast Guard (17.106-3)
- Specifies additional or alternative procedures applicable to these agencies, reflecting their unique statutory authorities and operational needs.

Responsibilities

Contracting Officers: Must follow prescribed procedures for planning, soliciting, and awarding multi-year contracts, and apply special rules for DoD, NASA, and Coast Guard when applicable.
Contractors: Should understand solicitation requirements and be prepared to comply with multi-year contract terms and agency-specific procedures.
Agencies: Responsible for oversight, ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements, and applying special procedures as required.

Practical Implications

This section ensures multi-year contracts are awarded efficiently and in compliance with law, reducing administrative burden and providing cost savings.
Contractors must pay close attention to solicitation details and agency-specific requirements, especially when bidding on DoD, NASA, or Coast Guard contracts.
Failure to follow these procedures can result in disqualification or contract disputes.

17.106

Procedures

FAR 17.106 provides essential procedures for planning, soliciting, and awarding multi-year contracts, including special rules for DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard.

Overview

Key Rules

General Procedures (17.106-1)
- Establishes the foundational steps and considerations for multi-year contracting, including planning, funding, and contract structuring.
Solicitations (17.106-2)
- Details requirements for preparing and issuing solicitations for multi-year contracts, ensuring transparency and competition.
Special Procedures for DoD, NASA, and Coast Guard (17.106-3)
- Specifies additional or alternative procedures applicable to these agencies, reflecting their unique statutory authorities and operational needs.

Responsibilities

Contracting Officers: Must follow prescribed procedures for planning, soliciting, and awarding multi-year contracts, and apply special rules for DoD, NASA, and Coast Guard when applicable.
Contractors: Should understand solicitation requirements and be prepared to comply with multi-year contract terms and agency-specific procedures.
Agencies: Responsible for oversight, ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements, and applying special procedures as required.

Practical Implications

This section ensures multi-year contracts are awarded efficiently and in compliance with law, reducing administrative burden and providing cost savings.
Contractors must pay close attention to solicitation details and agency-specific requirements, especially when bidding on DoD, NASA, or Coast Guard contracts.
Failure to follow these procedures can result in disqualification or contract disputes.

17.106

Procedures

FAR 17.106 provides essential procedures for planning, soliciting, and awarding multi-year contracts, including special rules for DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard.

Overview

Key Rules

General Procedures (17.106-1)
- Establishes the foundational steps and considerations for multi-year contracting, including planning, funding, and contract structuring.
Solicitations (17.106-2)
- Details requirements for preparing and issuing solicitations for multi-year contracts, ensuring transparency and competition.
Special Procedures for DoD, NASA, and Coast Guard (17.106-3)
- Specifies additional or alternative procedures applicable to these agencies, reflecting their unique statutory authorities and operational needs.

Responsibilities

Contracting Officers: Must follow prescribed procedures for planning, soliciting, and awarding multi-year contracts, and apply special rules for DoD, NASA, and Coast Guard when applicable.
Contractors: Should understand solicitation requirements and be prepared to comply with multi-year contract terms and agency-specific procedures.
Agencies: Responsible for oversight, ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements, and applying special procedures as required.

Practical Implications

This section ensures multi-year contracts are awarded efficiently and in compliance with law, reducing administrative burden and providing cost savings.
Contractors must pay close attention to solicitation details and agency-specific requirements, especially when bidding on DoD, NASA, or Coast Guard contracts.
Failure to follow these procedures can result in disqualification or contract disputes.

17.106

Procedures

FAR 17.106 provides essential procedures for planning, soliciting, and awarding multi-year contracts, including special rules for DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard.

Overview

Key Rules

General Procedures (17.106-1)
- Establishes the foundational steps and considerations for multi-year contracting, including planning, funding, and contract structuring.
Solicitations (17.106-2)
- Details requirements for preparing and issuing solicitations for multi-year contracts, ensuring transparency and competition.
Special Procedures for DoD, NASA, and Coast Guard (17.106-3)
- Specifies additional or alternative procedures applicable to these agencies, reflecting their unique statutory authorities and operational needs.

Responsibilities

Contracting Officers: Must follow prescribed procedures for planning, soliciting, and awarding multi-year contracts, and apply special rules for DoD, NASA, and Coast Guard when applicable.
Contractors: Should understand solicitation requirements and be prepared to comply with multi-year contract terms and agency-specific procedures.
Agencies: Responsible for oversight, ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements, and applying special procedures as required.

Practical Implications

This section ensures multi-year contracts are awarded efficiently and in compliance with law, reducing administrative burden and providing cost savings.
Contractors must pay close attention to solicitation details and agency-specific requirements, especially when bidding on DoD, NASA, or Coast Guard contracts.
Failure to follow these procedures can result in disqualification or contract disputes.

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