10 U.S.C. § 3403 — Task and delivery order contracts: general authority

(a) Subject to this section, section 3406, and other law, an agency head may enter a task or delivery order contract^* for services or property. (b) The solicitation must state (1) the contract period and extension options; (2) the maximum quantity or dollar value; and (3) a reasonably specific general scope, nature, complexity, and purpose. (c) Noncompetitive procedures may be used only if a section 3204(a) exception applies and the required approval under section 3204(e) is obtained. (d)(1) The agency may award one contract or, if the solicitation permits, separate contracts for the same or similar services or property to two or more sources. (2) No section 3203 determination is needed for multiple awards. (3)(A) A single-source contract estimated above $100,000,000 including options requires a written agency-head finding that the work is integrally related and only one source can efficiently do it; or that it has only firm fixed-price orders with established product-unit or task prices; or only one qualified source can perform at a reasonable price; or exceptional circumstances make one source necessary in the public interest. (B) That finding is unnecessary if the agency head made the written section 3204(a) determination allowing noncompetitive procedures. (4) Regulations must favor multiple awards when practicable and set criteria for when they are not in the Federal Government’s best interest. (e) An order may not expand the contract’s scope, period, or maximum value; only a contract modification may do so. (f) A contract may last up to five years and be extended by options or modification, but the total may not exceed 10 years unless the agency head determines in writing that exceptional circumstances necessitate a longer contract period. (g) Except as specifically provided in section 3405, this section does not apply to advisory and assistance services as defined in section 1105(g) of title 31. (h) Nothing here limits or expands other authority to award schedule, multiple-award, or task or delivery order contracts.