Task Orders Not Exempt From D&F Requirements

A new member--LRock--posted this to a 5-year old topic that was unlocked.  I am posting it here.

LRock

   0 What about  T&M Task Orders issued under an established IDIQ T&M contract where the D&F was done at the contract level. I suppose you could do a Class D&F and explicitly state that the D&F on the base contract will flow down to all Task Orders; however, what if a class D&F was not done and just a D&F pursuant to 1.704. Would that automatically flow down to the Task Orders? 

Following 16.601(d) for every single Task Order under an established IDIQ T&M Contract just seems redundant and unnecessary if a D&F has already been done on the base contract and approved prior to award.