---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 7.107-4"
title: "48"
number: "7.107-4"
heading: "Substantial bundling."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/7.107-4"
---

# §7.107-4. Substantial bundling.

- (a)
  - (1) Substantial bundling is any bundling that results in a contract or task or delivery order with an estimated value of—
    - (i) $8 million or more for the Department of Defense;
    - (ii) $6 million or more for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the General Services Administration, and the Department of Energy; or
    - (iii) $2.5 million or more for all other agencies.
  - (2) **These thresholds apply to the cumulative estimated dollar value (including options) of—**
    - (i) Multiple-award contracts;
    - (ii) Task orders or delivery orders issued against a GSA Schedule contract; or
    - (iii) Task orders or delivery orders issued against a task-order or delivery-order contract awarded by another agency.
- (b) In addition to addressing the requirements for bundling (see 7.107-3), when the proposed acquisition strategy involves substantial bundling, the agency shall document in its strategy—
  - (1) The specific benefits anticipated to be derived from substantial bundling;
  - (2) An assessment of the specific impediments to participation by small business concerns as contractors that result from substantial bundling;
  - (3) Actions designed to maximize small business participation as contractors, including provisions that encourage small business teaming;
  - (4) Actions designed to maximize small business participation as subcontractors (including suppliers) at any tier under the contract, or order, that may be awarded to meet the requirements;
  - (5) The determination that the anticipated benefits of the proposed bundled contract or order justify its use; and
  - (6) Alternative strategies that would reduce or minimize the scope of the bundling, and the rationale for not choosing those alternatives.

## Notes

### Amendments

[81 FR 67770, Sept. 30, 2016, as amended at 83 FR 42572, Aug. 22, 2018]

### Authority

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 42124, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[81 FR 67770, Sept. 30, 2016, as amended at 83 FR 42572, Aug. 22, 2018]