---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 2401.602-3"
title: "48"
number: "2401.602-3"
heading: "Ratification of unauthorized commitments."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/2401.602-3"
---

# §2401.602-3. Ratification of unauthorized commitments.

- (b)
  - (1) Requests for ratification of unauthorized commitments shall be submitted in writing through the contracting officer to the ratification approval officials identified in [paragraph (b)(3)](#b-3) of this section. The Assistant Secretary or equivalent official for the office that created the unauthorized commitment shall sign the request for ratification.
  - (3) In accordance with FAR 1.602-3(b)(3), the Senior Procurement Executive may delegate the authority to approve ratifications of individual unauthorized commitments down to, but not below, the level of an Assistant Chief Procurement Officer.
- (c)
  - (5) Concurrence by legal counsel in the Contracting Officer's recommendation for payment of an unauthorized commitment (see FAR 1.602-3(c)(5)) shall not be required when the value of the payment is equal to, or less than, the simplified acquisition threshold.

## Notes

### Amendments

[71 FR 2434, Jan. 13, 2006, as amended at 77 FR 73525, Dec. 10, 2012]

### Authority

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).

### Source

Source: 49 FR 7697, Mar. 1, 1984, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[71 FR 2434, Jan. 13, 2006, as amended at 77 FR 73525, Dec. 10, 2012]