Feedback Sought on Extraordinary Contract Forms Renewal
Published Date: 4/11/2025
Notice
Summary
The Department of Defense, GSA, and NASA want to keep collecting info on special contract requests for three more years, past August 31, 2025. They’re asking the public to share thoughts on how useful and easy this info collection is by June 10, 2025. This helps make sure government contracts run smoothly without extra hassle or cost.
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 3 costs, 1 mixed.
Information collection extended three years
The Department of Defense, GSA, and NASA propose to extend OMB approval to continue collecting information on extraordinary contractual action requests for three additional years beyond the current expiration of August 31, 2025. This means contractors will have to keep providing these special contract request forms under the existing rules while the extension is in effect.
Documented annual burden for contractors
The notice reports the annual burden for this collection as: 20 respondents, 30 total annual responses, and 1,440 total annual burden hours. Contractors should expect this level of reporting burden to continue if OMB extends approval.
Certification and indemnification rules apply
If a contractor's request exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold, the contractor must certify the request is made in good faith and that the data are accurate and complete. Separately, FAR 52.250-1 allows contractors to be indemnified for unusually hazardous or nuclear risks, but paragraph (g) requires prompt notification and furnishing of pertinent information for any claim or loss that may involve indemnification.
Specific information required in adjustment requests
When seeking a contract adjustment under FAR 50.103-3, contractors must include at minimum: the precise adjustment requested; essential facts summarized chronologically; the contractor's conclusions tied to FAR 50.103-1 and 50.103-2; and statements about contract obligations, final payment, assignment of proceeds, and whether similar relief was sought elsewhere. These detailed content requirements apply to each request.
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