U.S. Code > Title 41 Public Contracts > CHAPTER 4—PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES (§§ 201_to_205—281_to_291) > SUBCHAPTER IV—PROCUREMENT PROVISIONS (§§ 251—266a) > § 253k. Task and delivery order contracts: definitions

§ 253k. Task and delivery order contracts: definitions

In sections 253h, 253i, and 253j of this title:
(1) The term “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.
(2) The term “delivery order contract” means a contract for property that does not procure or specify a firm quantity of property (other than a minimum or maximum quantity) and that provides for the issuance of orders for the delivery of property during the period of the contract.