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Contract Clauses for Solicitation 47QSMD20R0001 Refresh Number 9 Contract Number: GS-07F-0031W Conditions -Commercial Items), whichever is applicable to the resultant contract. 552.238-115 SPECIAL ORDERING PROCEDURES FOR THE ACQUISITION OF ORDER -LEVEL MATERIALS (MAY 2019) (a) Definition. "Order -level materials" means supplies and/or services acquired in direct support of an individual task or delivery order placed against a Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract or FSS blanket purchase agreement (BPA), when the supplies and/or services are not known at the time of Schedule contract or FSS BPA award. The prices of order -level materials are not established in the FSS contract or FSS BPA. Order -level materials acquired following the procedures in paragraph (d) of this section are done so under the authority of the FSS program, pursuant to 41 U.S.C. 152(3), and are not open market items, which are discussed in FAR 8.402(f). (b) FAR 8.403(b) provides that GSA may establish special ordering procedures for a particular FSS. (c) The procedures in FAR subpart 8.4 apply to this contract, with the exceptions listed in this clause. I1 a requirement in this clause is inconsistent with FAR subpart 8.4, this clause takes precedence pursuant to FAR 8.403(b). (d) Procedures for including order -level materials when placing an individual task or delivery order against an FSS contract or FSS BPA. (1) The procedures discussed in FAR 8.402(f) do not apply when placing task and delivery orders that include order -level materials. (2) Order -level materials are included in the definition of the term "material' in FAR clause 52.212-4 Alternate I, and therefore all provisions of FAR clause 52.212-4 Alternate I that apply to "materials" also apply to order -level materials. The ordering activity shall follow procedures under the Federal Travel Regulation and FAR Part 31 when order -level materials include travel. (3) Order -level materials shall only be acquired in direct support of an individual task or delivery order and not as the primary basis or purpose of the order. (4) The value of order -level materials in a task or delivery order, or the cumulative value of order -level materials in orders against an FSS BPA awarded under a FSS contract shall not exceed 33.33%. (5) All order -level materials shall be placed under the Order -Level Materials SIN. (6) Prior to the placement of an order that includes order -level materials, the Ordering Activity shall follow procedures in FAR 8.404(h). (7) To support the price reasonableness of order -level materials— (i) The contractor proposing order -level materials as part of a solution shall obtain a minimum of three quotes for each order -level material above the simplified acquisition threshold. (A) One of these three quotes may include materials furnished by the contractor under FAR 52.212-4 Alt I (i)(1)(ii)(A). (B) If the contractor cannot obtain three quotes, the contractor shall maintain its documentation of why three quotes could not be obtained to support their determination. (C) A contractor with an approved purchasing system per FAR 44.3 shall instead Page: 103 of 211