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         <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">216.504</ph> Indefinite-quantity
contracts.</title>
      <body class="- topic/body ">
         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(c) <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Multiple award preference</i>—</p>
         <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(1) <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Planning the acquisition.</i>
         </p>
         <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">(ii)(D)<i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">(1)</i> The senior procurement
executive has the authority to make the determination authorized
in FAR 16.504(c)(1)(ii)(D)<i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">(1)</i>.</p>
         <p outputclass="List7" class="- topic/p ">(<i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">i</i>) In accordance with section 816
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Pub. L.
115-232), when making the determination at FAR
16.504(c)(1)(ii)(D)(<i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">1</i>)(<i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">i</i>), the senior procurement executive
shall determine that the task or delivery orders expected under
the contract are so integrally related that only a single source
can “efficiently perform the work,” instead of “reasonably perform the
work” as required by the FAR.</p>
         <p outputclass="List6" class="- topic/p ">(<i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">2</i>) The congressional notification
requirement at FAR 16.504(c)(1)(ii)(D)(2)
does not apply to DoD.</p>
         <p outputclass="List6" class="- topic/p ">(<i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">3</i>)
In accordance with section 816 of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (<xref href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/116/public/92?link-type=html"
                  format="html"
                  scope="external"
                  class="- topic/xref ">Pub. L. 116-92</xref>), the
determination at FAR <xref href="https://acquisition.gov/far/part-16#FAR_16_504"
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                  scope="external"
                  class="- topic/xref ">16.504</xref> (c)(1)(ii)(D)
is not required if a justification has been executed, in accordance
with FAR subpart 6.3 and subpart <xref href="SUBPART_206.3.dita#DFARS_SUBPART_206.3"
                  outputclass="fm:ParaNumOnly"
                  class="- topic/xref ">206.3</xref>.</p>
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