[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: 48CFR42.503-2]



[Page 791-792]

 

            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



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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 below) all information 

and guidance provided to the contractor.



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