48 CFR § 243.204-70-5 - 243.204-70-5 Exceptions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s243.204-70-5"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 243.204-70-5 - 243.204-70-5 Exceptions."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "243.204-70-5"
section_name: "243.204-70-5 Exceptions."
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "DEFENSE ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "CONTRACT MANAGEMENT"
part_number: "243"
part_name: "CONTRACT MODIFICATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1."
regulatory_source: "56 FR 36446, July 31, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "243"
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# 243.204-70-5 243.204-70-5 Exceptions.
(a) The limitations in 243.204-70-2, 243.204-70-3, and 243.204-70-4 do not apply to unpriced change orders for the purchase of initial spares.
(b) The limitations in 243.204-70-4(a) do not apply to unpriced change orders for ship construction and ship repair.
(c) The head of the agency may waive the limitations in 243.204-70-2, 243.204-70-3, and 243.204-70-4 for unpriced change orders if the head of the agency determines that the waiver is necessary to support—
(1) A contingency operation; or
(2) A humanitarian or peacekeeping operation.
[75 FR 48277, Aug. 10, 2010]