---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 13.302-3"
title: "48"
number: "13.302-3"
heading: "Obtaining contractor acceptance and modifying purchase orders."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/13.302-3"
---

# §13.302-3. Obtaining contractor acceptance and modifying purchase orders.

- (a) When it is desired to consummate a binding contract between the parties before the contractor undertakes performance, the contracting officer shall require written (see 2.101) acceptance of the purchase order by the contractor.
- (b) Each purchase order modification shall identify the order it modifies and shall contain an appropriate modification number.
- (c) A contractor's written acceptance of a purchase order modification may be required only if—
  - (1) Determined by the contracting officer to be necessary to ensure the contractor's compliance with the purchase order as revised; or
  - (2) **Required by agency regulations.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 64917, Dec. 9, 1997, unless otherwise noted.