---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 18.127"
title: "48"
number: "18.127"
heading: "Extraordinary contractual actions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/18.127"
---

# §18.127. Extraordinary contractual actions.


[Subpart 50.1](/cfr/48/subpart50.1.md) prescribes policies and procedures for entering into, amending, or modifying contracts in order to facilitate the national defense under the extraordinary emergency authority granted by Public Law 85-804 ([50 U.S.C. 1431-1434](/usc/50/1431-1434.md)). This includes—

- (a) Amending contracts without consideration (see 50.103-2(a));
- (b) Correcting or mitigating mistakes in a contract (see 50.103-2(b)); and
- (c) Formalizing informal commitments (See 50.103-2(c)).

## Notes

### Amendments

[71 FR 38248, July 5, 2006. Redesignated at 72 FR 46344, Aug. 17, 2007, as amended at 72 FR 63030, Nov. 7, 2007. Redesignated at 76 FR 18309, Apr. 1, 2011]

### Authority

Authority: 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: 71 FR 38248, July 5, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[71 FR 38248, July 5, 2006. Redesignated at 72 FR 46344, Aug. 17, 2007, as amended at 72 FR 63030, Nov. 7, 2007. Redesignated at 76 FR 18309, Apr. 1, 2011]