FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 49: Termination of Contracts › Subpart 49.4
FAR 49.402-8 Reporting information.
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 requires the contracting officer to report information about a termination for default notice and any later withdrawal or conversion to a termination for convenience. It matters to contractors because such reporting can affect their past performance record.
Applies to: Contracting officers handling termination for default notices
What it requires
- Ensure information about the termination for default notice and any subsequent withdrawal or conversion to termination for convenience is reported in accordance with 42.1503(h).
Key terms: termination for default notice · withdrawal · conversion to a termination for convenience · contracting officer · agency procedures
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The text
The contracting officer, in accordance with agency procedures, shall ensure that information relating to the termination for default notice and a subsequent withdrawal or a conversion to a termination for convenience is reported in accordance with 42.1503(h).
Sections it refers to
- 42.1503 Procedures.
← 49.402-7 Other damages. · 49.403 Termination of cost-reimbursement contracts for default. →
Rule changes for FAR Part 49
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 3 and 49 ↗ · proposed 2026-06-23 · comments due 2026-07-23
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2024-12-16 · effective 2025-01-03
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.