[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: 48CFR43.103]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

 

PART 43_CONTRACT MODIFICATIONS--Table of Contents

 

                          Subpart 43.1_General

 

Sec. 43.103  Types of contract modifications.



    Contract modifications are of the following types:

    (a) Bilateral. A bilateral modification (supplemental agreement) is 

a contract modification that is signed by the contractor and the 

contracting officer. Bilateral modifications are used to--

    (1) Make negotiated equitable adjustments resulting from the 

issuance of a change order;

    (2) Definitize letter contracts; and

    (3) Reflect other agreements of the parties modifying the terms of 

contracts.



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    (b) Unilateral. A unilateral modification is a contract modification 

that is signed only by the contracting officer. Unilateral modifications 

are used, for example, to--

    (1) Make administrative changes;

    (2) Issue change orders;

    (3) Make changes authorized by clauses other than a changes clause 

(e.g., Property clause, Options clause, or Suspension of Work clause); 

and

    (4) Issue termination notices.



[48 FR 42386, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 66 FR 2133, Jan. 10, 2001]