---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 217.7101"
title: "48"
number: "217.7101"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/217.7101"
---

# §217.7101. Definitions.

- (a) **Master agreement for repair and alteration of vessels—**
  - (1) Is a written instrument of understanding, negotiated between a contracting activity and a contractor that—
    - (A) Contains contract clauses, terms, and conditions applying to future contracts for repairs, alterations, and/or additions to vessels; and
    - (B) Contemplates separate future contracts that will incorporate by reference or attachment the required and applicable clauses agreed upon in the master agreement.
  - (2) **Is not a contract.**
- (b) **Job order—**
  - (1) Is a fixed price contract incorporating, by reference or attachment, a master agreement for repair and alteration of vessels;
  - (2) May include clauses pertaining to subjects not covered by the master agreement; but applicable to the job order being awarded; and
  - (3) Applies to a specific acquisition and sets forth the scope of work, price, delivery date, and other appropriate terms that apply to the particular job order.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1.

### Source

Source: 56 FR 36345, July 31, 1991, unless otherwise noted.