243.204 Administration.
243.204-70 Certification of
requests for equitable adjustment.
243.205 Contract clauses.
243.205-70 Engineering change
proposals.
243.205-71 Pricing of contract
modifications.
243.205-72 Requests for equitable adjustment.
243.204 Administration.
(b) Definitization. The administrative contracting officer (ACO) must review
change orders issued by the contracting officer to ensure compatibility with
the status of performance. If the
contractor has progressed beyond the effective point specified in the change
order, the ACO must determine the earliest practical point at which the change
order could be made effective and advise the contracting officer. The contracting officer must issue another
change order to correct, revise, or supersede the first change order, then
definitize by supplemental agreement citing both change orders.
243.204-70 Certification of
requests for equitable adjustment.
(a) A request for equitable adjustment to contract terms that exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold may not be paid unless the contractor certifies the request in accordance with the clause at 252.243-7002.
(b) The aggregate amount of both the increased and decreased costs shall be used in determining when the dollar threshold requiring certification is met (see example in FAR 15.403-4(a)(1)(iii)).
(c) The certification required by 10 U.S.C. 2410(a), as implemented in the clause at 252.243-7002, is different from the certification required by the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 605(c)). If the contractor has certified a request for equitable adjustment in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2410(a), and desires to convert the request to a claim under the Contract Disputes Act, the contractor shall certify the claim in accordance with FAR Subpart 33.2.
243.205 Contract clauses.
243.205-70 Engineering change
proposals.
Engineering changes can
originate with either the contractor or the Government. In either case, the Government will need detailed
information from the contractor for evaluation of the technical, cost, and
schedule effects of implementing the change.
When the contracting officer wants this information submitted in the
format prescribed by MIL-STD-973, use the clause at 252.243-7000, Engineering
Change Proposals. Use the clause with
its Alternate I, when appropriate, to discourage submission of a large number
of small dollar, contractor originated engineering change proposals.
243.205-71 Pricing of contract
modifications.
Use the clause at 252.243-7001, Pricing of Contract Modifications, in solicitations and contracts when anticipating and using a fixed price type contract.
243.205-72 Requests for equitable adjustment.
Use the clause at 252.243-7002, Requests for Equitable Adjustment, in solicitations and contracts estimated to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold.