48 CFR § 570.601 - 570.601 General.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s570.601"
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title: "48 CFR § 570.601 - 570.601   General."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "570.601"
section_name: "570.601   General."
chapter_number: 5
chapter_name: "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "SPECIAL CONTRACTING PROGRAMS"
part_number: "570"
part_name: "ACQUIRING LEASEHOLD INTERESTS IN REAL PROPERTY"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "40 U.S.C. 121(c)."
regulatory_source: "64 FR 37265, July 9, 1999, unless otherwise noted."
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# 570.601 570.601   General.

(a) Lease tenant agencies may need overtime services and utilities on a regular or intermittent basis. Lease contracting officers may negotiate overtime rates for services and utilities and include those rates in leases where a need is projected. Only lease contracting officers may negotiate overtime rates.

(b) An independent government estimate is required in support of the negotiated rate.

(c) *Order.* To order overtime services and utilities, if the order does not exceed the simplified acquisition threshold, a warranted contracting officer's representative, in GSA or the tenant agency, may place an order. The order must reference the lease number.

(d) *Payment.* Do not make final payment for services and utilities until confirmed as delivered in a satisfactory manner.