[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]



[Page 968-969]

 

            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

 

PART 50_EXTRAORDINARY CONTRACTUAL ACTIONS--Table of Contents

 

                    Subpart 50.3_Contract Adjustments

 

50.306  Disposition.



    When approving or denying a contractor's request made in accordance 

with 50.303-1, the approving authority shall sign and date a Memorandum 

of Decision containing--



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    (a) The contractor's name and address, the contract identification, 

and the nature of the request;

    (b) A concise description of the supplies or services involved;

    (c) The decision reached and the actual cost or estimated potential 

cost involved, if any;

    (d) A statement of the circumstances justifying the decision;

    (e) Identification of any of the foregoing information classified 

Confidential or higher (instead of being included in the memorandum, 

such information may be set forth in a separate classified document 

referenced in the memorandum); and

    (f) If some adjustment is approved, a statement in substantially the 

following form: ``I find that the action authorized herein will 

facilitate the national defense.'' The case files supporting this 

statement will show the derivation and rationale for the dollar amount 

of the award. When the dollar amount exceeds the amounts supported by 

audit or other independent reviews, the approving authority will further 

document the rationale for deviating the recommendation.



[48 FR 42471, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 51 FR 31426, Sept. 3, 1986; 

60 FR 48230, Sept. 18, 1995]