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
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
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
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds (DFARS Case 2024-D002) ↗ · final rule 2025-08-25 · effective 2025-10-01
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds (DFARS Case 2024-D002) ↗ · proposed 2025-01-17 · comments due 2025-03-18
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.