---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 236.270"
title: "48"
number: "236.270"
heading: "Expediting construction contracts."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/236.270"
---

# §236.270. Expediting construction contracts.

- (a) [10 U.S.C. 2858](/usc/10/2858.md) requires agency head approval to expedite the completion date of a contract funded by a Military Construction Appropriations Act, if additional costs are involved. This approval authority may not be redelegated. The approval authority must—
  - (1) Certify that the additional expenditures are necessary to protect the National interest; and
  - (2) **Establish a reasonable completion date for the project.**
- (b) The contracting officer may approve an expedited completion date if no additional costs are involved.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 56 FR 36421, July 31, 1991, unless otherwise noted.