---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 7.202"
title: "48"
number: "7.202"
heading: "Policy."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/7.202"
---

# §7.202. Policy.

- (a) Agencies are required by 10 U.S.C. [3242](/usc/10/3242.md) and [41](/usc/10/41.md) U.S.C. 3310 to procure supplies in such quantity as—
  - (1) Will result in the total cost and unit cost most advantageous to the Government, where practicable; and
  - (2) **Does not exceed the quantity reasonably expected to be required by the agency.**
- (b) Each solicitation for a contract for supplies is required, if practicable, to include a provision inviting each offeror responding to the solicitation—
  - (1) To state an opinion on whether the quantity of the supplies proposed to be acquired is economically advantageous to the Government; and
  - (2) If applicable, to recommend a quantity or quantities which would be more economically advantageous to the Government. Each such recommendation is required to include a quotation of the total price and the unit price for supplies procured in each recommended quantity.

## Notes

### Amendments

[84 FR 19843, May 6, 2019, as amended at 87 FR 73896, Dec. 1, 2022]

### Source

Source: 50 FR 35475, Aug. 30, 1985, unless otherwise noted.

### 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

[84 FR 19843, May 6, 2019, as amended at 87 FR 73896, Dec. 1, 2022]