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DFARS 243.204-71 Certification of requests for equitable adjustment.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This section says that a request for equitable adjustment to contract terms above the simplified acquisition threshold cannot be paid unless the contractor certifies it under the clause at 252.243-7002. It also explains how to measure whether that threshold is met and notes that this certification differs from a Contract Disputes Act claim certification.

Applies to: Contractors submitting requests for equitable adjustment to contract terms

What it requires

  • Certify a request for equitable adjustment exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold in accordance with the clause at 252.243-7002
  • When converting a certified request for equitable adjustment to a claim under the Contract Disputes statute, certify the claim in accordance with FAR subpart 33.2

Key terms: request for equitable adjustment · simplified acquisition threshold · certification · 252.243-7002 · Contract Disputes statute

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

(a) A request for equitable adjustment to contract terms that exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold may not be paid unless the contract certifies the request in accordance with the clause at 252.243-7002.

(b) To determine if the dollar threshold for requiring certification is met, add together the absolute value of each cost increase and each cost decrease. See PGI 243.204-71(b) for an example.

(c) The certification required by 10 U.S.C. 3862(a), as implemented in the clause at 252.243-7002, is different from the certification required by 41 U.S.C. 7103, Disputes. If the contractor has certified a request for equitable adjustment in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 3862(a), and desires to convert the request to a claim under the Contract Disputes statute, the contractor shall certify the claim in accordance with FAR subpart 33.2.

Sections it refers to

← 243.204-70-7 Plans and reports. · 243.205 Contract clauses. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 243

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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