[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR42.503-2]

[Page 767-768]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 42_CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND AUDIT SERVICES--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart 42.5_Postaward Orientation
 
Sec.  42.503-2  Postaward conference procedure.

    The chairperson of the conference shall conduct the meeting. Unless 
a contract change is contemplated, the chairperson shall emphasize that 
it is not the purpose of the meeting to change the contract. The 
contracting officer may make commitments or give directions within the 
scope of the contracting officer's authority and shall put in writing 
and sign any commitment or direction, whether or not it changes the 
contract. Any change to the contract that results from the postaward 
conference shall be made only by a contract modification referencing the 
applicable terms of the contract. Participants without authority to bind 
the Government shall not take action that in any way alters the 
contract. The chairperson shall include in the summary report (see 
42.503-3

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below) all information and guidance provided to the contractor.

[66 FR 42370, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 66 FR 2133, Jan. 10, 2001]