48 CFR § 237.106 - 237.106 Funding and term of service contracts.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s237.106"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 237.106 - 237.106 Funding and term of service contracts."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "237.106"
section_name: "237.106 Funding and term of service contracts."
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "DEFENSE ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING"
part_number: "237"
part_name: "SERVICE CONTRACTING"
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: "56 FR 36424, July 31, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "237"
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# 237.106 237.106 Funding and term of service contracts.
(1) Personal service contracts for expert or consultant services shall not exceed 1 year. The nature of the duties must be—
(i) Temporary (not more than 1 year); or
(ii) Intermittent (not cumulatively more than 130 days in 1 year).
(2) The contracting officer may enter into a contract, exercise an option, or place an order under a contract for severable services for a period that begins in one fiscal year and ends in the next fiscal year if the period of the contract awarded, option exercised, or order placed does not exceed 1 year (10 U.S.C. 3133).
[64 FR 28110, May 25, 1999, as amended at 87 FR 76995, Dec. 16, 2022]