10 CFR § 719.3 - What contracts are covered by this part?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s719.3"
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title: "10 CFR § 719.3 - What contracts are covered by this part?"
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "719.3"
section_name: "What contracts are covered by this part?"
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
part_number: "719"
part_name: "CONTRACTOR LEGAL MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 2201, 5814, 5815 and 7101,  50 U.S.C. 2401,"
regulatory_source: "78 FR 25809, May 3, 2013, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "719"
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# 719.3 What contracts are covered by this part?

(a) Unless excluded under § 719.5, this part covers the following three categories of contracts:

(1) All management and operating contracts;

(2) Non-management and operating cost reimbursement contracts exceeding $100,000,000; and

(3) Non-management and operating contracts exceeding $100,000,000 that include cost reimbursable elements exceeding $10,000,000 (e.g., contracts with both fixed-price and cost-reimbursable line items where the cost-reimbursable line items exceed $10,000,000 or time and materials contracts where the materials portions exceed $10,000,000).

(b) This part also covers contracts otherwise not covered by paragraph (a) of this section but which contain a clause requiring compliance with this part.

(c) This part also covers any contract the Department awards directly to retained legal counsel exceeding $100,000.