---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 2448.103"
title: "48"
number: "2448.103"
heading: "Processing value engineering change proposals."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/2448.103"
---

# §2448.103. Processing value engineering change proposals.


Upon receipt of a Value Engineering Change Proposal (VECP), the Contracting Officer shall promptly forward it to the program office responsible for the contract, indicating:

- (a) The date the VECP was received;
- (b) The date by which the contractor must be informed of the government's acceptance or rejection of the VECP, unless additional time is required for evaluation;
- (c) The date by which the Contracting Officer must know of the technical officer's decision in order to timely accept or reject the VECP;
- (d) The need for information required to inform the contractor if the VECP is to be rejected or if additional time is needed to evaluate the VECP;
- (e) The potential for awarding concurrent, future, or collateral savings to the contractor, if the VECP is accepted;
- (f) That if the VECP is accepted, precise information will be needed with regard to the type of savings, and government costs, that can be expected from its acceptance;
- (g) The need for a procurement request setting forth the specification changes to be used in a contract modification accepting the VECP in whole or in part; and
- (h) The need for additional funds, if acceptance of the VECP will result in an increase in the cost of contract performance.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 486(c); 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).

### Source

Source: 71 FR 2437, Jan. 13, 2006, unless otherwise noted.