FAR 52.243-7 Notification of Changes. Basic (Jan 2017) (Current)

As prescribed in 43.107,  the contracting officer may insert a clause substantially the same as the clause at 52.243-7, Notification of Changes, in solicitations and contracts. The clause is available for use primarily in negotiated research and development or supply contracts for the acquisition of major weapon systems or principal subsystems. If the contract amount is expected to be less than $1,000,000, the clause shall not be used, unless the contracting officer anticipates that situations will arise that may result in a contractor alleging that the Government has effected changes other than those identified as such in writing and signed by the contracting officer.

Notification of Changes (Jan 2017)

(a) Definitions.“Contracting Officer,” as used in this clause, does not include any representative of the Contracting Officer.

“Specifically Authorized Representative (SAR),” as used in this clause, means any person the Contracting Officer has so designated by written notice (a copy of which shall be provided to the Contractor) which shall refer to this paragraph and shall be issued to the designated representative before the SAR exercises such authority.

(b) Notice. The primary purpose of this clause is to obtain prompt reporting of Government conduct that the Contractor considers to constitute a change to this contract. Except for changes identified as such in writing and signed by the Contracting Officer, the Contractor shall notify the Administrative Contracting Officer in writing promptly, within ______ (to be negotiated) calendar days from the date that the Contractor identifies any Government conduct (including actions, inactions, and written or oral communications) that the Contractor regards as a change to the contract terms and conditions. On the basis of the most accurate information available to the Contractor, the notice shall state—

    (1) The date, nature, and circumstances of the conduct regarded as a change;

    (2) The name, function, and activity of each Government individual and Contractor official or employee involved in or knowledgeable about such conduct;

    (3) The identification of any documents and the substance of any oral communication involved in such conduct;

    (4) In the instance of alleged acceleration of scheduled performance or delivery, the basis upon which it arose;

    (5) The particular elements of contract performance for which the Contractor may seek an equitable adjustment under this clause, including—

        (i) What line items have been or may be affected by the alleged change;

        (ii) What labor or materials or both have been or may be added, deleted, or wasted by the alleged change;

        (iii) To the extent practicable, what delay and disruption in the manner and sequence of performance and effect on 
continued performance have been or may be caused by the alleged change;

        (iv) What adjustments to contract price, delivery schedule, and other provisions affected by the alleged change are estimated; and

    (6) The Contractor’s estimate of the time by which the Government must respond to the Contractor’s notice to minimize cost, delay or disruption of performance.

(c) Continued performance. Following submission of the notice required by paragraph (b) of this clause, the Contractor shall diligently continue performance of this contract to the maximum extent possible in accordance with its terms and conditions as construed by the Contractor, unless the notice reports a direction of the Contracting Officer or a communication from a SAR of the Contracting Officer, in either of which events the Contractor shall continue performance; provided, however, that if the Contractor regards the direction or communication as a change as described in paragraph (b) of this clause, notice shall be given in the manner provided. All directions, communications, interpretations, orders and similar actions of the SAR shall be reduced to writing promptly and copies furnished to the Contractor and to the Contracting Officer. The Contracting Officer shall promptly countermand any action which exceeds the authority of the SAR.

(d) Government response. The Contracting Officer shall promptly, within _____ (to be negotiated) calendar days after receipt of notice, respond to the notice in writing. In responding, the Contracting Officer shall either—

    (1) Confirm that the conduct of which the Contractor gave notice constitutes a change and when necessary direct the mode of further performance;

    (2) Countermand any communication regarded as a change;

    (3) Deny that the conduct of which the Contractor gave notice constitutes a change and when necessary direct the mode of further performance; or

    (4) In the event the Contractor’s notice information is inadequate to make a decision under paragraphs (d)(1), (2), or (3) of this clause, advise the Contractor what additional information is required, and establish the date by which it should be furnished and the date thereafter by which the Government will respond.

(e) Equitable adjustments.

    (1) If the Contracting Officer confirms that Government conduct effected a change as alleged by the Contractor, and the conduct causes an increase or decrease in the Contractor’s cost of, or the time required for, performance of any part of the work under this contract, whether changed or not changed by such conduct, an equitable adjustment shall be made—

        (i) In the contract price or delivery schedule or both; and

        (ii) In such other provisions of the contract as may be affected.

    (2) The contract shall be modified in writing accordingly. In the case of drawings, designs or specifications which are defective and for which the Government is responsible, the equitable adjustment shall include the cost and time extension for delay reasonably incurred by the Contractor in attempting to comply with the defective drawings, designs or specifications before the Contractor identified, or reasonably should have identified, such defect. When the cost of property made obsolete or excess as a result of a change confirmed by the Contracting Officer under this clause is included in the equitable adjustment, the Contracting Officer shall have the right to prescribe the manner of disposition of the property. The equitable adjustment shall not include increased costs or time extensions for delay resulting from the Contractor’s failure to provide notice or to continue performance as provided, respectively, in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this clause.

Note: The phrases “contract price” and “cost” wherever they appear in the clause, may be appropriately modified to apply to cost-reimbursement or incentive contracts, or to combinations thereof.

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Prime’s Interest;

52.204-2 Security Requirements.

52.215-21 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data-Modifications.

52.216-16 Incentive Price Revision-Firm Target.

52.216-2 Economic Price Adjustment-Standard Supplies.

52.216-3 Economic Price Adjustment-Semistandard Supplies.

52.216-4 Economic Price Adjustment-Labor and Material.

52.216-5 Price Redetermination-Prospective.

52.216-6 Price Redetermination-Retroactive.

52.222-30 Construction Wage Rate Requirements-Price Adjustment (None or Separately Specified Method).

52.222-31 Construction Wage Rate Requirements-Price Adjustment (Percentage Method).

52.222-32 Construction Wage Rate Requirements-Price Adjustment (Actual Method).

52.222-43 Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards-Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts).

52.222-44 Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards-Price Adjustment.

52.222-55 Minimum Wages for Contractor Workers Under Executive Order 14026.

52.229-4 Federal, State, and Local Taxes (State and Local Adjustments).

52.229-6 Taxes-Foreign Fixed-Price Contracts.

52.232-29 Terms for Financing of Purchases of Commercial Products and Commercial Services.

52.232-31 Invitation to Propose Financing Terms.

52.233-3 Protest after Award.

52.236-2 Differing Site Conditions.

52.242-14 Suspension of Work.

52.242-15 Stop-Work Order.

52.243-1 Changes-Fixed-Price.

52.243-2 Changes-Cost-Reimbursement.

52.243-3 Changes-Time-and-Materials or Labor-Hours.

52.243-4 Changes.

52.243-5 Changes and Changed Conditions.

52.250-5 SAFETY Act-Equitable Adjustment.

252.216-7000 Economic Price Adjustment--Basic Steel, Aluminum, Brass, Bronze, or Copper Mill Products.

252.216-7001 Economic Price Adjustment--Nonstandard Steel Items.

252.216-7003 Economic Price Adjustment-Wage Rates or Material Prices Controlled by a Foreign Government.

252.216-7007 Economic Price Adjustment-Basic Steel, Aluminum, Brass, Bronze, or Copper Mill Products-Representation.

252.216-7008 Economic Price Adjustment-Wage Rates or Material Prices Controlled by a Foreign Government-Representation.

252.217-7003 Changes.

252.217-7027 Contract Definitization.

252.227-7002 Readjustment of Payments.

252.232-7000 Advance Payment Pool.

252.232-7012 Performance-Based Payments–Whole-Contract Basis.

252.232-7013 Performance-Based Payments—Deliverable-Item Basis.

252.236-7003 Payment for Mobilization and Preparatory Work.

252.236-7004 Payment for Mobilization and Demobilization.

252.237-7023 Continuation of Essential Contractor Services .

252.239-7004 Orders for Facilities and Services.

252.241-7000 Superseding Contract.

252.243-7001 Pricing of Contract Modifications.

252.243-7002 Requests for Equitable Adjustment.

252.247-7000 Hardship Conditions.

252.247-7002 Revision of Prices.

252.249-7000 Special Termination Costs.

252.215-7015 Program Should-Cost Review.

252.232-7015 Performance-Based Payments—Representation.

252.232-7016 Notice of Progress Payments or Performance-Based Payments.

1852.215-79 Price Adjustment for "Make-or-Buy" Changes.

1852.242-72 Denied Access to NASA Facilities

1852.243-72 Equitable Adjustments.

5252.211-9503 LEVEL OF EFFORT (COST REIMBURSEMENT) (NAVAIR)(DEC 2012)

5252.243-9505 ENGINEERING CHANGES (NAVAIR)

5252.227-9505 TECHNICAL DATA AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE IDENTIFICATION IN ENGINEERING CHANGE PROPOSALS (ECPs) (NAVAIR)

5252.216-9200 Payment of Fixed Fee (Completion Type)

5252.216-9201 Payment of Fixed Fee Based on Staff-hours (Term Type)

5252.216-9205 Fee Determination and Payment (Indefinite Delivery Type Contracts)

5252.217-9201 Contract Maximum Amount

5252.242-9515 RESTRICTION ON THE DIRECT CHARGING OF MATERIAL (VARIATION)

3052.216-70 Evaluation of offers subject to an economic price adjustment clause.

3052.216-71 Determination of award fee.

3052.231-70 Precontract costs.

5152.211-9001 Variations in Estimated Quantities-Subline Items.

5152.237-9000 Adjustments to Contractor’s Coefficient for Option Years (Job Order Contracts).

552.236-11 Use and Possession Prior to Completion.

552.236-79 Construction-Manager-As-Constructor.

552.216-71 Economic Price Adjustment—Special Order Program Contracts.

552.238-81 Price Reductions.

552.243-71 Equitable Adjustments.

552.246-70 Source Inspection by Quality Approved Manufacturer.

552.246-77 Additional Contract Warranty Provisions for Supplies of a Noncomplex Nature.

552.270-10 Failure in Performance.

552.238-117 Price Adjustment—Failure To Provide Accurate Information.

552.238-120 Economic Price Adjustment—Federal Supply Schedule Contracts.

552.238-82 Modifications (Federal Supply Schedules).

652.216-71 Price Adjustment.

652.237-70 Compensatory Time Off.

652.237-72 Observance of Legal Holidays and Administrative Leave.

952.204-76 Conditional payment of fee or profit-safeguarding restricted data and other classified information.

952.208-70 Printing.

952.216-7 Allowable cost and payment.

952.216-15 Predetermined indirect cost rates.

952.223-76 Conditional payment of fee or profit-safeguarding restricted data and other classified information and protection of worker safety and health.

970.5211-1 Work authorization.

970.5215-1 Total available fee: Base fee amount and performance fee amount.

970.5215-3 Conditional Payment of Fee, Profit, and Other Incentives-Facility Management Contracts

970.5215-4 Cost reduction.

970.5215-5 Limitation on fee.

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