§253f. Economic order qualities

(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, §303F, formerly §303G, as added Pub. L. 98–577, title II, §205(a), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 3073 ; renumbered §303F, Pub. L. 99–145, title XIII, §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 472 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, apply to this subchapter.