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DFARS 252.243-7002 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 clause requires that any request for equitable adjustment to contract terms accurately reflect the adjustment the contractor believes the government owes, include only costs for performing the change, and exclude costs already reimbursed or separately claimed. For requests exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, the contractor must submit a signed certification of good faith and accurate supporting data. The certification demands full disclosure of relevant facts, including cost or pricing data when required.

Applies to: Contractors submitting requests for equitable adjustment under DoD contracts that include this clause.

What it requires

  • Ensure the request accurately reflects the contract adjustment believed owed by the Government.
  • Include only costs for performing the change and exclude costs already reimbursed or separately claimed.
  • Ensure all indirect costs are properly allocable to the change.
  • For requests exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, include a signed certification of good faith and accurate supporting data.

Key terms: request for equitable adjustment · simplified acquisition threshold · certified cost or pricing data · indirect costs · routine contract payments

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

The text

As prescribed in 243.205-71, use the following clause:

Requests for Equitable Adjustment (DEC 2022)

(a) The amount of any request for equitable adjustment to contract terms shall accurately reflect the contract adjustment for which the Contractor believes the Government is liable. The request shall include only costs for performing the change, and shall not include any costs that already have been reimbursed or that have been separately claimed. All indirect costs included in the request shall be properly allocable to the change in accordance with applicable acquisition regulations.

(b) In accordance with 10 U.S.C. 3862(a), any request for equitable adjustment to contract terms that exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold shall bear, at the time of submission, the following certificate executed by an individual authorized to certify the request on behalf of the Contractor:

I certify that the request is made in good faith, and that the supporting data are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

(Official's Name)

(Title)

(c) The certification in paragraph (b) of this clause requires full disclosure of all relevant facts, including—

(1) Certified cost or pricing data if required in accordance with subsection 15.403-4 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); and

(2) Data other than certified cost or pricing data, in accordance with subsection 15.403-3 of the FAR, including actual cost data and data to support any estimated costs, even if certified cost or pricing data are not required.

(d) The certification requirement in paragraph (b) of this clause does not apply to—

(1) Requests for routine contract payments; for example, requests for payment for accepted supplies and services, routine vouchers under a cost-reimbursement type contract, or progress payment invoices; or

(2) Final adjustment under an incentive provision of the contract.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

  • 243.205-71 Requests for equitable adjustment.
  • 15.403-4 Requiring certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35).
  • 15.403-3 Requiring data other than certified cost or pricing data.

Sections that refer to it

  • 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
  • 243.204-71 Certification of requests for equitable adjustment.
  • 243.205-71 Requests for equitable adjustment.

← 252.243-7001 Pricing of contract modifications. · 252.244-7000 Subcontracts for Commercial Products or Commercial Services. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 252

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

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