Pathforward Posted January 25, 2022 Report Share Posted January 25, 2022 If an IDIQ (single award) has a 5 year ordering period (no Option Years), can the initial task orders issued in CY 1 just be modified to fund CY 2 and extend the work (i.e., and each time a new CY begins) or is it better practice, to issue new task orders each year (let's say the task order work remains the same each year). How does 41 U.S.C.3902 factor in (if at all)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ji20874 Posted January 25, 2022 Report Share Posted January 25, 2022 Factors that will affect an answer include whether you're talking supplies or services, whether the requirement is severable, the color of money (O&M, RDT&E, Milcon...), and so forth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General.Zhukov Posted January 25, 2022 Report Share Posted January 25, 2022 Assume you have no constraints or nuance of any type, can do whatever you like here, and are simply choosing between a) New order for CY2, or b) Mod existing order to add funds for CY2. Then I think a) is the better practice. Its simpler. The documentation is cleaner and easier to follow. Doing a mod, perhaps to avoid the paperwork involved in issuing a new order, is adding complexity. And that's something to avoid. Of course, there is no such thing as "no constraints." The most obvious one is what you referenced - Severable services contracts obligating appropriated funds cannot have a PoP exceeding one year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vern Edwards Posted January 25, 2022 Report Share Posted January 25, 2022 51 minutes ago, General.Zhukov said: Severable services contracts obligating appropriated funds cannot have a PoP exceeding one year. Just add an additional line item to the order for the follow-on year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General.Zhukov Posted January 25, 2022 Report Share Posted January 25, 2022 40 minutes ago, Vern Edwards said: Just add an additional line item to the order for the follow-on year. Yes, this is correct. Even easier than a new (but functionally identical) order is adding a line item to an existing order via option exercise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retreadfed Posted January 25, 2022 Report Share Posted January 25, 2022 29 minutes ago, General.Zhukov said: Even easier than a new (but functionally identical) order is adding a line item to an existing order via option exercise. The way I read the OP's question, there is no option to be exercised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pathforward Posted January 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2022 Correct. No options to be exercised, just one 5 year ordering period. Contract is mainly for services. There are actually 2 IDIQS and the CO in both cases is planning to mod the task orders to extend for CY 2, add funding etc. It doesn't seem clean to me but the Program folks prefer it this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witty_Username Posted January 31, 2022 Report Share Posted January 31, 2022 On 1/26/2022 at 12:05 PM, Pathforward said: No options to be exercised, just one 5 year ordering period It is possible to have just a five year ordering period for the IDIQ and options (to be exercised via modification) in the individual task orders. The original question says the IDIQ doesn't have options but never fully clarifies whether the task orders might. If the actual work to be performed is negotiated at the task order level then negotiating an entirely new task order each year may be impractical compared to putting options in the task order for future years of the requirement defined and priced in the task order. Alternately if the IDIQ has a fully defined requirement and unit prices then maybe issuing a new task order each year isn't much of a burden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pathforward Posted February 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2022 Thank you. No, there are no options in the task orders. Yes, to me issuing new task orders for the new contract year is cleaner and not a burden but others do not think that way. Appreciate the comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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