govt2310 Posted March 23, 2022 Report Share Posted March 23, 2022 FAR 16.601 address T&M contract type, and FAR 16.602 addresses Labor-Hour contract type. I do not see any requirement here to include a guaranteed minimum in these contract types. Yet I see examples of solicitations in the past that include a guaranteed minimum. Is there any requirement to include a guaranteed minimum? If you don't have a guaranteed minimum, is the contract illusory, as the agency could just order nothing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retreadfed Posted March 23, 2022 Report Share Posted March 23, 2022 1 hour ago, govt2310 said: If you don't have a guaranteed minimum, is the contract illusory, as the agency could just order nothing? What do you mean by this sentence? Do you believe that work is only done under a T&M contract pursuant to orders issued by the government? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ji20874 Posted March 23, 2022 Report Share Posted March 23, 2022 Minimums and maximums are a construct of indefinite-quantity contracts, not T&M contracts. A T&M contract under FAR subpart 16.6 does not require a minimum or maximum that the Government may later order; rather, it simply specifies the ceiling that the contractor cannot exceed in performing the work. I think you are asking about indefinite-quantity contracts specifically, not T&M contracts generally. YES, an indefinite-quantity contract requires a minimum and a maximum, regardless of whether the orders will be FFP, T&M, or any other arrangement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vern Edwards Posted March 23, 2022 Report Share Posted March 23, 2022 T&M is a pricing arrangement, not an ordering arrangement. The government hires a contractor to do a job, the cost or which is uncertain. The parties agree that the contractor will make its best effort to complete the job within a ceiling price, and the government will pay an hourly labor rate and reimburse the cost of materials. If the parties combine a time-and-materials contract with an indefinite-quantity contract, then the government must promise to buy a minimum amount of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
govt2310 Posted March 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2022 Ah, that's it: T&M is a pricing arrangement, not an ordering arrangement. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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