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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 42: Contract Administration and Audit Services › Subpart 42.12

FAR 42.1202 Responsibility for executing agreements.

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 explains which contracting officer is responsible for handling and executing novation and change-of-name agreements. It matters to contractors because it determines which government official will process these agreements when contracts are transferred or a company changes its name.

Applies to: Contracting officers processing novation and change-of-name agreements

Key terms: novation · change-of-name agreement · administrative contracting officer (ACO) · transferor · unsettled dollar balance

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

The text

The contracting officer responsible for processing and executing novation and change-of-name agreements shall be determined as follows:

(a) If any of the affected contracts held by the transferor have been assigned to an administrative contracting officer (ACO) (see 2.1 and 42.202), the responsible contracting officer shall be—

(1) This ACO; or

(2) The ACO responsible for the corporate office, if affected contracts are in more than one plant or division of the transferor.

(b) If none of the affected contracts held by the transferor have been assigned to an ACO, the contracting officer responsible for the largest unsettled (unbilled plus billed but unpaid) dollar balance of contracts shall be the responsible contracting officer.

(c) If several transferors are involved, the responsible contracting officer shall be—

(1) The ACO administering the largest unsettled dollar balance; or

(2) The contracting officer (or ACO) designated by the agency having the largest unsettled dollar balance, if none of the affected contracts have been assigned to an ACO.

Sections it refers to

  • 42.202 Assignment of contract administration.

Sections that refer to it

← 42.1201 [Reserved] · 42.1203 Processing agreements. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 42

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

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