{"data":{"id":"us/48-cfr-11.703","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"48 CFR 11.703","heading":"11.703 Contract clauses.","body":"(a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.211-16, Variation in Quantity, in solicitations and contracts, if authorizing a variation in quantity in fixed-price contracts for supplies or for services that involve the furnishing of supplies.\n(b) The contracting officer may insert the clause at 52.211-17, Delivery of Excess Quantities, in solicitations and contracts, when a fixed-price supply contract is contemplated.\n(c) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.211-18, Variation in Estimated Quantity, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract is contemplated that authorizes a variation in the estimated quantity of unit-priced items.","path":["Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System","CHAPTER 1—FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION","SUBCHAPTER B—ACQUISITION PLANNING","PART 11—DESCRIBING AGENCY NEEDS","Subpart 11.7—Variation in Quantity"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-48.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:29Z","sha256":"0f0479d70afccc2f725f2d638e5984f6305de49aaba706197e422d8101f92edb","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/48-cfr-11.702","next":"us/48-cfr-11.801"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}