[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: 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

 

50.302-2  Correcting mistakes.



    (a) A contract may be amended or modified to correct or mitigate the 

effect of a mistake. The following are examples of mistakes that may 

make such action appropriate:

    (1) A mistake or ambiguity consisting of the failure to express, or 

express clearly, in a written contract, the agreement as both parties 

understood it.

    (2) A contractor's mistake so obvious that it was or should have 

been apparent to the contracting officer.

    (3) A mutual mistake as to a material fact.

    (b) Amending contracts to correct mistakes with the least possible 

delay normally will facilitate the national defense by expediting the 

contracting program and assuring contractors that mistakes will be 

corrected expeditiously and fairly.