48 CFR § 317.107 - 317.107 Options.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s317.107"
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title: "48 CFR § 317.107 - 317.107   Options."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "317.107"
section_name: "317.107   Options."
chapter_number: 3
chapter_name: "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "CONTRACTING METHODS AND CONTRACT TYPES"
part_number: "317"
part_name: "SPECIAL CONTRACTING METHODS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 40 U.S.C. 121(c)(2)."
regulatory_source: "80 FR 72151, Nov. 18, 2015, unless otherwise noted."
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# 317.107 317.107   Options.

When included as part of a multi-year contract, use of options shall not extend the performance of the original requirement beyond 5 years. Options may serve as a means to acquire related services (severable or non-severable) and, upon their exercise, shall receive funding from the then-current fiscal year's appropriation.