§4103. General authority — Inbound Citations

41 U.S.C. § 4103

Cited by 7 provisions in release 119-102.

Citations to 41 U.S.C. § 4103 as a whole

15 U.S.C. § 632(v)(1)

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(1) a multiple award task order contract or delivery order contract that is entered into under the authority of sections 4101, 4103, 4105, and 4106 of title 41; and
41 U.S.C. § 1703(i)(3)(A)

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(A) Government-wide task and delivery-order contracts entered into under sections 4103 and 4105 of this title.
41 U.S.C. § 3306(c)(3)

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(3) If an executive agency issues a solicitation for one or more contracts for services to be acquired on an hourly rate basis under the authority of sections 4103 and 4106 of this title or section 152(3) of this title and section 501(b) of title 40 and the executive agency intends to make a contract award to each qualifying offeror and the contract or contracts will feature individually competed task or delivery orders based on hourly rates—

(A) the contracting officer need not consider price as an evaluation factor for contract award; and

(B) if, pursuant to subparagraph (A), price is not considered as an evaluation factor for contract award, cost or price to the Federal Government shall be considered in conjunction with the issuance pursuant to sections 4106(c) and 152(3) of this title of any task or delivery order under any contract resulting from the solicitation.
41 U.S.C. § 4106(a)

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(a) This section applies to task and delivery order contracts entered into under sections 4103 and 4105 of this title.

Citations to §4103(b)

41 U.S.C. § 4105(e)(1)

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(1) The solicitation shall include the information (regarding services) described in section 4103(b) of this title.

Citations to §4103(d)(1)(B)

41 U.S.C. § 4106(c)

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(c) When multiple contracts are awarded under section 4103(d)(1)(B) or 4105(f) of this title, all contractors awarded the contracts shall be provided a fair opportunity to be considered, pursuant to procedures set forth in the contracts, for each task or delivery order in excess of the micro-purchase threshold under section 1902 of this title that is to be issued under any of the contracts, unless—

(1) the executive agency’s need for the services or property ordered is of such unusual urgency that providing the opportunity to all of those contractors would result in unacceptable delays in fulfilling that need;

(2) only one of those contractors is capable of providing the services or property required at the level of quality required because the services or property ordered are unique or highly specialized;

(3) the task or delivery order should be issued on a sole-source basis in the interest of economy and efficiency because it is a logical follow-on to a task or delivery order already issued on a competitive basis; or

(4) it is necessary to place the order with a particular contractor to satisfy a minimum guarantee.
41 U.S.C. § 4106(g)(1)

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(1) The head of each executive agency who awards multiple task or delivery order contracts under section 4103(d)(1)(B) or 4105(f) of this title shall appoint or designate a task and delivery order ombudsman who shall be responsible for reviewing complaints from the contractors on those contracts and ensuring that all of the contractors are afforded a fair opportunity to be considered for task or delivery orders when required under subsection (c).