[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 48CFR17.108]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

 

PART 17_SPECIAL CONTRACTING METHODS--Table of Contents

 

                   Subpart 17.1_Multiyear Contracting

 

Sec. 17.108  Congressional notification.



    (a) Except for DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard, a multiyear contract 

which includes a cancellation ceiling in excess of $10 million may not 

be awarded until the head of the agency gives written notification of 

the proposed contract and of the proposed cancellation ceiling for that 

contract to the committees on appropriations of the House of 

Representatives and Senate and the appropriate oversight committees of 

the House and Senate for the agency in question. Information on such 

committees may not be readily available to contracting officers. 

Accordingly, agencies should provide such information through its 

internal regulations. The contract may not be awarded until the thirty-

first day after the date of notification.

    (b) For DoD, NASA, and the Coast guard, a multiyear contract which 

includes a cancellation ceiling in excess of $100 million may not be 

awarded until the head of the agency gives written notification of the 

proposed contract and of the proposed cancellation ceiling for that 

contract to the committees on armed services and on appropriations of 

the House of Representative and Senate. The contract may not be awarded 

until the thirty-first day after the date of notification.