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48 CFR § 50.103-3 - 50.103-3 Contract adjustment.

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title: "48 CFR § 50.103-3 - 50.103-3   Contract adjustment."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "50.103-3"
section_name: "50.103-3   Contract adjustment."
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "CONTRACT MANAGEMENT"
part_number: "50"
part_name: "EXTRAORDINARY CONTRACTUAL ACTIONS AND THE SAFETY ACT"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113."
regulatory_source: "72 FR 63030, Nov. 7, 2007, unless otherwise noted."
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# 50.103-3 50.103-3   Contract adjustment.

(a) *Contractor requests.* A contractor seeking a contract adjustment shall submit a request in duplicate to the contracting officer or an authorized representative. The request, normally a letter, shall state as a minimum—

(1) The precise adjustment requested;

(2) The essential facts, summarized chronologically in narrative form;

(3) The contractor's conclusions based on these facts, showing, in terms of the considerations set forth in 50.103-1 and 50.103-2, when the contractor considers itself entitled to the adjustment; and

(4) Whether or not—

(i) All obligations under the contracts involved have been discharged;

(ii) Final payment under the contracts involved has been made;

(iii) Any proceeds from the request will be subject to assignment or other transfer, and to whom; and

(iv) The contractor has sought the same, or a similar or related, adjustment from the Government Accountability Office or any other part of the Government, or anticipates doing so.

(b) *Contractor certification.* A contractor seeking a contract adjustment that exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold shall, at the time the request is submitted, submit a certification by a person authorized to certify the request on behalf of the contractor that—

(1) The request is made in good faith; and

(2) The supporting data are accurate and complete to the best of that person's knowledge and belief.