48 CFR § 16.501-1 - 16.501-1 Definitions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s16.501-1"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 16.501-1 - 16.501-1 Definitions."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "16.501-1"
section_name: "16.501-1 Definitions."
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "CONTRACTING METHODS AND CONTRACT TYPES"
part_number: "16"
part_name: "TYPES OF CONTRACTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 42219, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "16"
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# 16.501-1 16.501-1 Definitions.
As used in this subpart—
*Delivery-order contract* means a contract for supplies that does not procure or specify a firm quantity of supplies (other than a minimum or maximum quantity) and that provides for the issuance of orders for the delivery of supplies during the period of the contract.
*Task-order contract* means a contract for services that does not procure or specify a firm quantity of services (other than a minimum or maximum quantity) and that provides for the issuance of orders for the performance of tasks during the period of the contract.
[60 FR 49725, Sept. 26, 1995, as amended at 65 FR 24318, Apr. 25, 2000; 75 FR 13421, Mar. 19, 2010]