Create task/delivery-order contracts and place repeat orders
- Objective
- Bring a prototype into use
- Family / instrument
- Acquisition, transition and contract finance · Procurement
- Statute
- Authority holder
- Head of agency and authorized contracting officers
- Executor · routing lead
- Warranted contracting officer and program manager
Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)
Solicitation describes period, maximum quantity/value and work scope.
Fair opportunity among multiple-award holders unless statutory order exception applies.All requirements & limits
Recorded funding condition (excerpt)
Fund minimum commitments and individual orders lawfully; IDIQ ceiling is neither appropriation nor guaranteed spending.All funding conditions
What this does not authorize / limits
Orders cannot themselves increase parent contract scope, term or ceiling.
- Generally initial period up to 5 years and total up to 10 years; longer requires exceptional-circumstances finding; advisory/assistance services have distinct §3405 rules.
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementRole recorded
Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction. Express statutory pathway; award-specific appropriations, available balances, delegations, implementation and approvals not independently verified.
Actor sources
Independent public-source guide; not an official U.S. government website. Original research target October 2, 2026; published October 3, 2026. Read the full record for currentness, coordination and all source notes.