Subpart 5343.2 – CHANGE ORDERS

5343.201 General

(b) The policies and procedures of DFARS 217.74 shall be applied to Unpriced Change Orders (UCO) >$5M.

5343.204-70-1 Scope

(b) When complying with the requirements described in DFARS 243.204-70-1, SCOs must provide a courtesy copy to the cognizant HCA workflow. Maintain proof of submission in the contract file.

5343.204-70-3 Definitization Schedule

(a) Contracting officers must document the contract file with the justification for the delay and revised definitization milestone schedule for UCO actions >$5M. For UCO approval authorities seeMP5301.601(a)(i) .

(1) This date may not be extended beyond an additional 90 days without a written determination by the Head of the Contracting activity (HCA) for actions >$50M without further delegation and the Senior Contracting Official (SCO) with further delegation no lower than the Chief of the Contracting Office (COCO) for UCOs between $5M and $50M.

5343.204-70-7 Plans and Reports

To comply with the Consolidated UCA Management Plan and Semi-annual Consolidated UCA Management Report requirements described in DFARS 243.204-70-7, SCOs are required to ensure unpriced change orders with an estimated value exceeding $5 million are input/updated in the UCA/UCO Reporting tool on a semi-annual basis no later than April 10th and October 10th of each year. Special access program offices will provide the information directly to the cognizant HCA workflow , as appropriate.