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Code · U.S. Code · Title 10 - ARMED FORCES · CHAPTER 244— UNDEFINITIZED CONTRACTUAL ACTIONS · § 3372

§ 3372. Undefinitized contractual actions: requirements and limitations relating to definitization of contractual terms, specifications, and price

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(a)Contractual Action to Provide Time for Definitization of Contractual Terms, Specifications, and Price; Limitations on Obligation of Funds.—
(1)Terms for time for definitization to be included in contractual action.— A contracting officer of the Department of Defense may not enter into an undefinitized contractual action unless the contractual action provides for agreement upon contractual terms, specifications, and price by the earlier of—
(A)the end of the 180-day period beginning on the date on which the contractor submits a qualifying proposal to definitize the contractual terms, specifications, and price; or
(B)the date on which the amount of funds obligated under the contractual action is equal to more than 50 percent of the negotiated overall ceiling price for the contractual action.
(2)Limitation on obligation of funds before definitization.—
(A)50 percent limitation.— Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the contracting officer for an undefinitized contractual action may not obligate with respect to such contractual action an amount that is equal to more than 50 percent of the negotiated overall ceiling price until the contractual terms, specifications, and price are definitized for such contractual action.
(B)75 percent limitation when contractor submits qualifying proposal.— If a contractor submits a qualifying proposal (as defined in section 3377(b) of this title) to definitize an undefinitized contractual action before an amount equal to more than 50 percent of the negotiated overall ceiling price is obligated on such action, the contracting officer for such action may not obligate with respect to such contractual action an amount that is equal to more than 75 percent of the negotiated overall ceiling price until the contractual terms, specifications, and price are definitized for such contractual action.
(3)Waiver authority.— The head of an agency may waive the provisions of this subsection with respect to a contract of that agency if that head of an agency determines that the waiver is necessary in order to support any of the following operations:
(A)A contingency operation.
(B)A humanitarian or peacekeeping operation.
(4)Inapplicability with respect to purchase of initial spares.— This subsection does not apply to an undefinitized contractual action for the purchase of initial spares.
(b)Limitation on Unilateral Definitization by Contracting Officer.—
(1)In general.— With respect to any undefinitized contractual action with a value greater than $50,000,000, if agreement is not reached on contractual terms, specifications, and price within the period or by the date provided in subsection (a)(1), the contracting officer may not unilaterally definitize those terms, specifications, or price over the objection of the contractor until—
(A)the service acquisition executive for the military department that awarded the contract, or the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment if the contract was awarded by a Defense Agency or other component of the Department of Defense, approves the definitization in writing;
(B)the contracting officer provides a copy of the written approval to the contractor; and
(C)a period of 30 calendar days has elapsed after the written approval is provided to the contractor.
(2)Treatment of unilateral definitization of a contract as a final decision.— A unilateral definitization by a contracting officer shall be considered a final decision under chapter 71 of title 41, and a contractor may appeal this decision to the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals or the United States Court of Federal Claims.
(c)Foreign Military Contracts.—
(1)180-day requirement.— Except as provided in paragraph (2), a contracting officer of the Department of Defense may not enter into an undefinitized contractual action for a foreign military sale unless the contractual action provides for agreement upon contractual terms, specifications, and price by the end of the 180-day period described in subsection (a)(1)(A).
(2)Waiver authority.— The requirement under paragraph
(1)may be waived in accordance with subsection (a)(3).
(Added and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1819(a), (c), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4189; Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title VIII, § 803, Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 1965.)
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