[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR33.206]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 33--PROTESTS, DISPUTES, AND APPEALS--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart 33.2--Disputes and Appeals
 
Sec. 33.206  Initiation of a claim.

    (a) Contractor claims shall be submitted, in writing, to the 
contracting officer for a decision within 6 years after accrual of a 
claim, unless the contracting parties agreed to a shorter time period. 
This 6-year time period does not apply to contracts awarded prior to 
October 1, 1995. The contracting officer shall document the contract 
file with evidence of the date of receipt of any submission from the 
contractor deemed to be a claim by the contracting officer.
    (b) The contracting officer shall issue a written decision on any 
Government claim initiated against a contractor within 6 years after 
accrual of the claim, unless the contracting parties agreed to a shorter 
time period. The 6-year period shall not apply to contracts awarded 
prior to October 1, 1995, or to a Government claim based on a contractor 
claim involving fraud.

[60 FR 48230, Sept. 18, 1995]