48 CFR § 233.215 - 233.215 Contract clauses.

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title: "48 CFR § 233.215 - 233.215   Contract clauses."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "233.215"
section_name: "233.215   Contract clauses."
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "DEFENSE ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS"
part_number: "233"
part_name: "PROTESTS, DISPUTES, AND APPEALS"
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authority: "41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1."
regulatory_source: "56 FR 36416, July 31, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
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# 233.215 233.215   Contract clauses.

Use Alternate I of the clause at FAR 52.233-1, Disputes, when—

(1) The acquisition is for—

(i) Aircraft

(ii) Spacecraft and launch vehicles

(iii) Naval vessels

(iv) Missile systems

(v) Tracked combat vehicles

(vi) Related electronic systems;

(2) The contracting officer determines that continued performance is—

(i) Vital to the national security, or

(ii) Vital to the public health and welfare; or

(3) The head of the contracting activity determines that continued performance is necessary pending resolution of any claim that might arise under or be related to the contract.

[56 FR 36416, July 31, 1991. Redesignated at 62 FR 34126, June 24, 1997]