48 CFR § 250.103-5 - 250.103-5 Processing cases.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s250.103-5"
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title: "48 CFR § 250.103-5 - 250.103-5   Processing cases."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "250.103-5"
section_name: "250.103-5   Processing cases."
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "DEFENSE ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "CONTRACT MANAGEMENT"
part_number: "250"
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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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1."
regulatory_source: "73 FR 46815, Aug. 12, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "250"
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# 250.103-5 250.103-5   Processing cases.

(1) At the time the request is filed, the activity shall prepare the record described at PGI 250.101-3(1)(i) and forward it to the appropriate official within 30 days after the close of the month in which the record is prepared.

(2) The officer or official responsible for the case shall forward to the contract adjustment board, through departmental channels, the documentation described at PGI 250.103-5.

(3) Contract adjustment boards will render decisions as expeditiously as practicable. The Chair shall sign a memorandum of decision disposing of the case. The decision shall be dated and shall contain the information required by FAR 50.103-6. The memorandum of decision shall not contain any information classified “Confidential” or higher. The board's decision will be sent to the appropriate official for implementation.