48 CFR § 218.203 - 218.203 Emergency declaration or major disaster declaration.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s218.203"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 218.203 - 218.203 Emergency declaration or major disaster declaration."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "218.203"
section_name: "218.203 Emergency declaration or major disaster declaration."
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "DEFENSE ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "CONTRACTING METHODS AND CONTRACT TYPES"
part_number: "218"
part_name: "EMERGENCY ACQUISITIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1."
regulatory_source: "72 FR 2632, Jan. 22, 2007, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "218"
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# 218.203 218.203 Emergency declaration or major disaster declaration.
(1) *Establishing or maintaining alternative sources.* PGI contains a sample format for Determination and Findings citing the authority of FAR 6.202(a), regarding exclusion of a particular source in order to establish or maintain an alternative source or sources. Alternate 2 of the sample format addresses having a supplier available for furnishing supplies or services in case of a national emergency. See PGI 206.202.
(2) *Electronic submission and processing of payment requests.* Contractors do not have to submit payment requests in electronic form for contracts awarded by contracting officers in the conduct of emergency operations, such as responses to natural disasters or national or civil emergencies. See 232.7002(a)(4).
[72 FR 2632, Jan. 22, 2007, as amended at 86 FR 59870, Oct. 29, 2021]