Contracting Cone
FAR Based Strategies
Federal Supply Schedules – FAR 8.4
Commercial Items – FAR 12
Simplified Acquisitions – FAR 13
Contracting by Negotiation – FAR 15
IDIQ – FAR 16.5
Letter Contract – FAR 16.603
Agreements – FAR 16.7
Small Business – FAR 19
BAA – FAR 35.016
SBIR/STTR
Defense CSO Pilot Program
Non-FAR Based Strategies
Other Transactions (OT)
Procurement for Experimental
R&D Agreements
Agreements (FAR Part 16.7)
Agreements are written instruments of understanding containing contract clauses (not an actual contract), applying to future contracts. They may contemplate separate future contracts; descriptions of supplies or services to be provided; and/or methods for pricing, issuing, and delivering future orders. The two main agreement strategies are: