---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 1401.404"
title: "48"
number: "1401.404"
heading: "Class deviations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/1401.404"
---

# §1401.404. Class deviations.

- (a) The Director, PAM, is authorized to approve class deviations of FAR or DIAR provisions which affect more than one contracting action.
- (b) Requests for deviations under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section shall be submitted by the HCA and include justification for the deviation and the number of contracting actions which will be affected.
- (c) For a FAR class deviation the Director, PAM, shall consult with the CAAC, as required in FAR 1.404(a)(1), before authorizing the deviation.
- (d) A copy of each approved class deviation shall be referenced in the contract file.
- (e) Recommended revisions to the FAR and a copy of each approved class FAR deviation shall be transmitted to the FAR Secretariat by the Director, PAM, as required in FAR 1.404.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 205(c), 63 Stat. 390, 40 U.S.C. 486(c); and 5 U.S.C. 301.

### Source

Source: 75 FR 19829, Apr. 15, 2010, unless otherwise noted.