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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 52: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 52.2

FAR 52.241-8 Change in Rates or Terms and Conditions of Service for Unregulated Services.

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 either party request a change in rates or terms for services that are not regulated by a regulatory body, after a date inserted in the contract. The parties must negotiate in writing, and any agreed change becomes part of the contract through a modification. It matters because it sets the process for adjusting prices or service terms on unregulated utility-type services.

Applies to: Contracts for services not subject to regulation by a regulatory body

What it requires

  • Enter negotiations upon receipt of a written request detailing proposed changes and reasons
  • Ensure negotiated rates do not exceed published or unpublished rates charged to any other customer of the same class under similar terms and conditions
  • Treat failure to agree after a reasonable period as a dispute under the Disputes clause
  • Make any agreed changes part of the contract by contract modification

Key terms: unregulated services · regulatory body · rates · terms and conditions of service · Disputes clause

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

The text

As prescribed in 41.501(d)(2), insert a clause substantially the same as the following:

Change in Rates or Terms and Conditions of Service for Unregulated Services (FEB 1995)

(a) This clause applies to the extent that services furnished hereunder are not subject to regulation by a regulatory body.

(b) After _____ [insert date], either party may request a change in rates or terms and conditions of service, unless otherwise provided in this contract. Both parties agree to enter in negotiations concerning such changes upon receipt of a written request detailing the proposed changes and specifying the reasons for the proposed changes.

(c) The effective date of any change shall be as agreed to by the parties. The Contractor agrees that throughout the life of this contract the rates so negotiated will not be in excess of published and unpublished rates charged to any other customer of the same class under similar terms and conditions of use and service.

(d) The failure of the parties to agree upon any change after a reasonable period of time shall be a dispute under the Disputes clause of this contract.

(e) Any changes to rates, terms, or conditions as a result of such negotiations shall be made a part of this contract by the issuance of a contract modification.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

  • 41.501 Solicitation provision and contract clauses.

Sections that refer to it

  • 41.402 Rate changes and regulatory intervention.
  • 41.501 Solicitation provision and contract clauses.
  • 241.501 Solicitation provision and contract clauses.

← 52.241-7 Change in Rates or Terms and Conditions of Service for Regulated Services. · 52.241-9 Connection Charge. →

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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