FAR 19.804-5 — Basic ordering agreements and blanket purchase agreements

Regulatory text. Not legal advice.

(a)

(a) The contracting office shall submit an offering letter for, and SBA must accept, each order under a basic ordering agreement (BOA) or a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) issued under FAR Part 13 (see FAR 13.303), in addition to the agency offering and SBA accepting the BOA or BPA itself.

(b)

(b) SBA will not accept for award on a sole-source basis any order that would cause the total dollar amount of orders issued under a specific BOA or BPA to exceed the competitive threshold amount in FAR 19.805-1.

(c)

(c) Once an 8(a) participant’s program term expires, the participant otherwise exits the 8(a) program, or becomes other than small for the NAICS code assigned under the BOA or the BPA, SBA will not accept new orders under the BOA or BPA for the participant.


Citation history: [88 FR 69525, Oct. 5, 2023]


Source: eCFR • Pulled 2026-04-16