[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

 

50.302-3  Formalizing informal commitments.



    Under certain circumstances, informal commitments may be formalized 

to permit payment to persons who have taken action without a formal 

contract; for example, when a person, responding to an agency official's 

written or oral instructions and relying in good faith upon the 

official's apparent authority to issue them, has furnished or arranged 

to furnish supplies or services to the agency, or to a defense 

contractor or subcontractor, without formal contractual coverage. 

Formalizing commitments under such circumstances normally will 

facilitate the national defense by assuring such persons that they will 

be treated fairly and paid expeditiously.



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