[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR4.143]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
PART 4--LABOR STANDARDS FOR FEDERAL SERVICE CONTRACTS--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart C--Application of the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act
 
Sec. 4.143  Effects of changes or extensions of contracts, generally.

    (a) Sometimes an existing service contract is modified, amended, or 
extended in such a manner that the changed contract is considered to be 
a new contract for purposes of the application of the Act's provisions. 
The general rule with respect to such contracts is that, whenever 
changes affecting the labor requirements are made in the terms of the 
contract, the provisions of the Act and the regulations thereunder will 
apply to the changed contract in the same manner and to the same extent 
as they would to a wholly new contract. However, contract modifications 
or amendments (other than contract extensions) that are unrelated to the 
labor requirements of a contract will not be deemed to create a new 
contract for purposes of the Act. In addition, only significant changes 
related to labor requirements will be considered as creating new 
contracts. This limitation on the application of the Act has been found 
to be in accordance

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with the provisions of section 4(b) of the Act.
    (b) Also, whenever the term of an existing contract is extended, 
pursuant to an option clause or otherwise, so that the contractor 
furnishes services over an extended period of time, rather than being 
granted extra time to fulfill his original commitment, the contract 
extension is considered to be a new contract for purposes of the 
application of the Act's provisions. All such ``new'' contracts as 
discussed above require the insertion of a new or revised wage 
determination in the contract as provided in Sec. 4.5.