FAR 52.217-8 - Option to Extend Services
Prescribed in 17.208(f) | |
Effective Date: | 1 November 1999 |
Clause or Provision: | Clause |
Provision or Clause Number: | 52.217-8 - Option to Extend Services |
Principle Type And/Or Purpose of Contract: | |
Required: | |
Applicable: | Time and Materials/Labor Hour; Time & Material/Labor Hour; Fixed Price, Construction; Cost Reimbursement, Service; Indefinite Delivery; Transportation |
Optional: | Utility Services; Simplified Acquisition Procedures (Excludes Micro-Purchase); Facilities; Dismantling, Demolition or Removal of Improvements; Leasing of Motor Vehicles; Cost Reimbursement, Construction; Fixed Price, Service; Cost Reimbursement, Supply |
Subject: | Options |
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Prescription Overview: |
Prescription(f) Insert a clause substantially the same as the clause at 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services, in solicitations and contracts for services when the inclusion of an option is appropriate. (See 17.200, 17.202, and 37.111.) |
Clause Overview: |
ClauseThe Government may require continued performance of any services within the limits and at the rates specified in the contract. These rates may be adjusted only as a result of revisions to prevailing labor rates provided by the Secretary of Labor. The option provision may be exercised more than once, but the total extension of performance hereunder shall not exceed 6 months. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor within _____ [insert the period of time within which the Contracting Officer may exercise the option]. |
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Subcontract Threshold: | |
Incorporated by Reference: | Yes |
Uniform Contract Format: | I |
Editor: | Marshall |
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