FAR clauses/Part 16/Checked 15 Sep 2026
FAR 52.216-19
Order Limitations
- Clause date
- OCT 1995
- Prescribed at
- FAR 16.506(b). Insert a clause substantially the same in solicitations and contracts when a definite-quantity, requirements, or indefinite-quantity contract is contemplated.
- Applies to
- Definite-quantity, requirements, and indefinite-quantity contracts.
- Flowdown
- No flowdown required
52.216-19 contains no paragraph requiring its insertion in subcontracts. It is not listed in 52.244-6(c)(1) or 52.212-5(e)(1). - Full text
- FAR 52.216-19 on Acquisition.gov
… (c) If this is a requirements contract (i.e., includes the Requirements clause at subsection 52.216-21 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)), the Government is not required to order a part of any one requirement from the Contractor if that requirement exceeds the maximum-order limitations in paragraph (b) …
From the clause · Codified FAR · FAC 2026-01
Why it matters: Paragraph (d) makes the contractor honor an order above the maximum unless it returns the order with written notice within the stated number of days, so a silent contractor is bound.
This is the codified text, not any agency's Revolutionary FAR Overhaul deviation. An agency running a class deviation may have this clause renumbered, rewritten or prescribed differently — check the deviation before you put a clause in a solicitation.
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