FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 250: Extraordinary Contractual Actions and the Safety Act › Subpart 250.1

DFARS 250.102-2 Contract adjustment boards.

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 states that the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force each have a contract adjustment board. It describes the board's membership, quorum, and voting rules, which matters to contractors because these boards handle certain contract adjustment matters.

Applies to: The Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force and their contract adjustment boards

Key terms: contract adjustment board · Chair · Vice-Chair · quorum · alternates

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The text

The Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force each have a contract adjustment board. The board consists of a Chair and not less than two nor more than six other members, one of whom may be designated the Vice-Chair. A majority constitutes a quorum for any purpose and the concurring vote of a majority of the total board membership constitutes an action of the board. Alternates may be appointed to act in the absence of any member.

← 250.102-1-70 Delegations. · 250.103 Contract adjustments. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 250

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

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