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FAR 52.217-9 Option To Extend the Term of the Contract.

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 lets the Government extend the contract term by giving written notice within a stated period, as long as it first gives the Contractor preliminary written notice of its intent to extend before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not obligate the Government to actually extend. Any extension keeps this same option clause in the contract, and the total contract duration including all options cannot exceed the stated limit.

Applies to: Contracts that include this option clause, as prescribed in FAR 17.208(g)

What it requires

  • The Government must give the Contractor preliminary written notice of intent to extend at least the stated number of days before the contract expires
  • The Government must give written notice to the Contractor within the stated period to exercise the option

Key terms: option · preliminary written notice · Contracting Officer · exercise the option · total duration

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

The text

As prescribed in 17.208(g), insert a clause substantially the same as the following:

Option To Extend the Term of the Contract (MAR 2000)

(a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within ___ [insert the period of time within which the Contracting Officer may exercise the option]; provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least __ days [60 days unless a different number of days is inserted] before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension.

(b) If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option clause.

(c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed __ (months) (years).

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

  • 17.208 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

Sections that refer to it

  • 17.208 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

← 52.217-8 Option To Extend Services. · 52.217-10 Reverse Auction. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 52

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

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