---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 17.205"
title: "48"
number: "17.205"
heading: "Documentation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/17.205"
---

# §17.205. Documentation.

- (a) The contracting officer shall justify in writing the quantities or the term under option, the notification period for exercising the option, and any limitation on option price under 17.203(g); and shall include the justification document in the contract file.
- (b) Any justifications and approvals and any determination and findings required by [part 6](/cfr/48/part6.md) shall specify both the basic requirement and the increase permitted by the option.

## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 42231, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 50 FR 1742, Jan. 11, 1985; 50 FR 52429, Dec. 23, 1985]

### 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: 48 FR 42231, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[48 FR 42231, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 50 FR 1742, Jan. 11, 1985; 50 FR 52429, Dec. 23, 1985]