Task order and delivery order
Also called: task order, delivery order, TO, DO, order under an IDIQ, call order
A task order is an order for services, and a delivery order an order for supplies, issued against an existing contract such as an IDIQ, a GWAC or a GSA schedule; the order is where the actual scope, price and period of performance are set.
Both terms are defined in FAR 2.101, and FAR 16.505 governs how they are placed: above the micro-purchase threshold, each holder of a multiple-award contract must get a fair opportunity to be considered, with a short request for proposal or quote from the ordering office. Orders under GSA schedules follow FAR 8.405 instead. Protests of orders are limited by FAR 16.505(a)(10) to orders above a dollar threshold or that exceed the contract's scope, and the ombudsman in FAR 16.505(b)(8) handles complaints below it.
What to check: the order's scope against the base contract (out-of-scope work is a new competition), the evaluation method stated in the order RFP, the response time (often days, not weeks), the debrief rights for orders above the threshold in FAR 16.505(b)(6), and the ceiling and period.
What it is not: available to firms that do not hold the base contract. If you are not on the vehicle, your route in is as a subcontractor to a holder.
See also: Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC), Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA), Debrief
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