FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 50: Extraordinary Contractual Actions and the Safety Act › Subpart 50.1
FAR 50.103-3 Contract 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 section explains how a contractor can request a contract adjustment from the government. It requires a detailed written request and, for adjustments above the simplified acquisition threshold, a certification of good faith and data accuracy. This matters because it sets the procedure and documentation needed to seek relief or changes to a contract.
Applies to: Contractors seeking a contract adjustment
What it requires
- Submit a request in duplicate to the contracting officer or authorized representative.
- State the precise adjustment requested.
- Provide essential facts summarized chronologically in narrative form.
- State conclusions showing entitlement based on considerations in 50.103-1 and 50.103-2.
Key terms: contract adjustment · simplified acquisition threshold · certification · contracting officer · Government Accountability Office
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) Contractor requests. A contractor seeking a contract adjustment shall submit a request in duplicate to the contracting officer or an authorized representative. The request, normally a letter, shall state as a minimum—
(1) The precise adjustment requested;
(2) The essential facts, summarized chronologically in narrative form;
(3) The contractor's conclusions based on these facts, showing, in terms of the considerations set forth in 50.103-1 and 50.103-2, when the contractor considers itself entitled to the adjustment; and
(4) Whether or not—
(i) All obligations under the contracts involved have been discharged;
(ii) Final payment under the contracts involved has been made;
(iii) Any proceeds from the request will be subject to assignment or other transfer, and to whom; and
(iv) The contractor has sought the same, or a similar or related, adjustment from the Government Accountability Office or any other part of the Government, or anticipates doing so.
(b) Contractor certification. A contractor seeking a contract adjustment that exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold shall, at the time the request is submitted, submit a certification by a person authorized to certify the request on behalf of the contractor that—
(1) The request is made in good faith; and
(2) The supporting data are accurate and complete to the best of that person's knowledge and belief.
← 50.103-2 Types of contract adjustment. · 50.103-4 Facts and evidence. →
Rule changes for FAR Part 50
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · final rule 2025-08-27 · effective 2025-10-01
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition ↗ · proposed 2025-01-15 · comments due 2025-03-17
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · proposed 2024-11-29 · comments due 2025-01-28
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Limitation of Authority Regarding Extraordinary Contractual Actions ↗ · final rule 2024-07-30 · effective 2024-08-29
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.