Clause

52.216-21_Alternate II Requirements.

(a) This is a requirements contract for the supplies or services specified, and effective for the period stated, in the Schedule. The quantities of supplies or services specified in the Schedule are estimates only and are not purchased by this contract. Except as this contract may otherwise provide, if the Government's requirements do not result in orders in the quantities described as estimated or maximum in the Schedule, that fact shall not constitute the basis for an equitable price adjustment.

Type: Clause (C)
Prescribed in: 16.506(d)
Effective: Apr 1984
Primary source: eCFR 48 CFR 52.216-21 · acquisition.gov

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This is Alternate II of clause 52.216-21; the Alternate text sits inside the same eCFR section as the base clause.

Applicability in the matrix

Contract types for 52.216-21_Alternate II as published in the Smart Matrix
UCF	I
IND DEL	A As prescribed

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