Task Order / Delivery Order
Task Order / Delivery Order
Contract TypesDefinition
A task order (for services) or delivery order (for products) is an individual order placed against an existing IDIQ contract, BPA, or GSA Schedule. Task orders define the specific scope, timeline, and price for a discrete piece of work within the broader contract vehicle.
On a multiple-award IDIQ, agencies issue task order competitions where all contract holders can submit proposals. These "fair opportunity" competitions are typically faster and less formal than full and open competitions — proposals may be 10-20 pages rather than hundreds.
Task order values can range from thousands to hundreds of millions of dollars. The largest IT task orders on vehicles like Alliant 2 regularly exceed $100 million. Even small task orders build valuable past performance under the contract vehicle.
Tracking task order opportunities requires monitoring the contract vehicle — agencies may post them on SAM.gov, on the vehicle-specific portal, or distribute them directly to contract holders.
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