[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: 48CFR33.206]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

 

PART 33_PROTESTS, DISPUTES, AND APPEALS--Table of Contents

 

                    Subpart 33.2_Disputes and Appeals

 

Sec. 33.206  Initiation of a claim.



    (a) Contractor claims shall be submitted, in writing, to the 

contracting officer for a decision within 6 years after accrual of a 

claim, unless the contracting parties agreed to a shorter time period. 

This 6-year time period does not apply to contracts awarded prior to 

October 1, 1995. The contracting officer shall document the contract 

file with evidence of the date of receipt of any submission from the 

contractor deemed to be a claim by the contracting officer.

    (b) The contracting officer shall issue a written decision on any 

Government claim initiated against a contractor within 6 years after 

accrual of the claim, unless the contracting parties agreed to a shorter 

time period. The 6-year period shall not apply to contracts awarded 

prior to October 1, 1995, or to a Government claim based on a contractor 

claim involving fraud.



[60 FR 48230, Sept. 18, 1995]