---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 243.204-71"
title: "48"
number: "243.204-71"
heading: "Certification of requests for equitable adjustment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/243.204-71"
---

# §243.204-71. Certification of requests for equitable adjustment.

- (a) A request for equitable adjustment to contract terms that exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold may not be paid unless the contract certifies the request in accordance with the clause at 252.243-7002.
- (b) To determine if the dollar threshold for requiring certification is met, add together the absolute value of each cost increase and each cost decrease. See PGI 243.204-71(b) for an example.
- (c) The certification required by [10 U.S.C. 3862(a)](/usc/10/3862.md?p=a), as implemented in the clause at 252.243-7002, is different from the certification required by [41 U.S.C. 7103](/usc/41/7103.md), Disputes. If the contractor has certified a request for equitable adjustment in accordance with [10 U.S.C. 3862(a)](/usc/10/3862.md?p=a), and desires to convert the request to a claim under the Contract Disputes statute, the contractor shall certify the claim in accordance with FAR [subpart 33.2](/cfr/48/subpart33.2.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[62 FR 37147, July 11, 1997, as amended at 63 FR 11541, Mar. 9, 1998; 70 FR 67922, Nov. 9, 2005; 76 FR 58137, Sept. 20, 2011; 76 FR 76320, Dec. 7, 2011; 77 FR 35881, June 15, 2012; 87 FR 76996, Dec. 16, 2022]

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 56 FR 36446, July 31, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[62 FR 37147, July 11, 1997, as amended at 63 FR 11541, Mar. 9, 1998; 70 FR 67922, Nov. 9, 2005; 76 FR 58137, Sept. 20, 2011; 76 FR 76320, Dec. 7, 2011; 77 FR 35881, June 15, 2012; 87 FR 76996, Dec. 16, 2022]