---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 217.7402"
title: "48"
number: "217.7402"
heading: "Exceptions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/217.7402"
---

# §217.7402. Exceptions.

- (a) **The following undefinitized contract actions (UCAs) are not subject to this subpart.** However, the contracting officer shall apply the policy and procedures to them to the maximum extent practicable (also see [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section):
  - (1) **Purchases at or below the simplified acquisition threshold.**
  - (2) **Special access programs.**
  - (3) **Congressionally mandated long-lead procurement contracts.**
- (b) If the contracting officer determines that it is impracticable to adhere to the procedures of this subpart for a particular contract action that falls within one of the categories in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, the contracting officer shall provide prior notice, through agency channels, electronically via email to the Principal Director, Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy (Contract Policy), at osd.pentagon.ousd-a-s.mbx.dpc-cp@mail.mil.

## Notes

### Amendments

[75 FR 48277, Aug. 10, 2010, as amended at 80 FR 72607, Nov. 20, 2015; 84 FR 39206, Aug. 9, 2019; 84 FR 48510, Sept. 13, 2019; 89 FR 60831, July 29, 2024]

### Authority

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

### Source

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

### Amendments

[75 FR 48277, Aug. 10, 2010, as amended at 80 FR 72607, Nov. 20, 2015; 84 FR 39206, Aug. 9, 2019; 84 FR 48510, Sept. 13, 2019; 89 FR 60831, July 29, 2024]