§ 253f. — Economic order qualities.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 41USC253f]
TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS
CHAPTER 4--PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES
SUBCHAPTER IV--PROCUREMENT PROVISIONS
Sec. 253f. Economic order quantities
(a) Procurement of supplies; costs advantageous to United States
Each executive agency shall procure supplies in such quantity as (A)
will result in the total cost and unit cost most advantageous to the
United States, where practicable, and (B) does not exceed the quantity
reasonably expected to be required by the agency.
(b) Opinions; economic advantage to United States
Each solicitation for a contract for supplies shall, if practicable,
include a provision inviting each offeror responding to the solicitation
to state an opinion on whether the quantity of the supplies proposed to
be procured is economically advantageous to the United States and, if
applicable, to recommend a quantity or quantities which would be more
economically advantageous to the United States. Each such recommendation
shall include a quotation of the total price and the unit price for
supplies procured in each recommended quantity.
(June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title III, Sec. 303F, formerly Sec. 303G, as
added Pub. L. 98-577, title II, Sec. 205(a), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat.
3073; renumbered Sec. 303F, Pub. L. 99-145, title XIII,
Sec. 1304(c)(4)(A), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 742.)
Effective Date
Section 205(b) of Pub. L. 98-577 provided that: ``The amendment made
by subsection (a) [enacting this section] shall take effect at the end
of the 180-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act
[Oct. 30, 1984].''
Definitions
The definitions in section 102 of Title 40, Public Buildings,
Property, and Works, apply to this subchapter.
