[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: 48CFR50]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 50_EXTRAORDINARY CONTRACTUAL ACTIONS--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart 50.3_Contract Adjustments
 
Sec.  50.302-3  Formalizing informal commitments.

    Under certain circumstances, informal commitments may be formalized 
to permit payment to persons who have taken action without a formal 
contract; for example, when a person, responding to an agency official's 
written or oral instructions and relying in good faith upon the 
official's apparent authority to issue them, has furnished or arranged 
to furnish supplies or services to the agency, or to a defense 
contractor or subcontractor, without formal contractual coverage. 
Formalizing commitments under such circumstances normally will 
facilitate the national defense by assuring such persons that they will 
be treated fairly and paid expeditiously.