TITLE 48 - FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

CHAPTER 8 - DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

SUBCHAPTER C - CONTRACTING METHODS AND CONTRACT TYPES

PART 816 - TYPES OF CONTRACTS

816.102 - Policies.

  (a) Contracts which include an economic price adjustment provision other than those contracts awarded by the National Cemetery System for monuments or those contracts that contain the clause for service contracts (FAR 22.1006(c)) require the prior approval of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition and Materiel Management (90). The request for approval shall clearly set forth the need for the provision.

  (b) Any contract involving direct obligation of appropriations and which extends beyond the appropriation of the year in which the contract period begins or which is for more than one fiscal year, is to contain provisions to the effect that: (1) It is made for the period covered by the contract, subject to the availability of appropriations in the ensuing year(s), and (2) No service is to be performed by the contractor after September 30 of each fiscal year unless and until specifically authorized by the contracting officer or representative.

  (c) Architect-engineer contracts, construction contracts, or professional engineer contracts, financed by no year appropriations are not subject to the requirements of paragraph (b) of this section.

[49 FR 12607, Mar. 29, 1984, as amended at 50 FR 792, Jan. 7, 1985; 54 FR 30045, July 18, 1989; 61 FR 20492, May 7, 1996]