---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 317.204"
title: "48"
number: "317.204"
heading: "Contracts."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/317.204"
---

# §317.204. Contracts.

- (e)
  - (1) **Information technology contracts.** Notwithstanding FAR 17.204(e), the 5-year limitations apply also to information technology contracts unless a longer period is authorized by statute.
  - (2) **Requests to exceed 5-year limitation.** A request to exceed the 5-year limitation specified in FAR 17.204(e) must follow guidance in FAR [Part 1.7](/cfr/48/part1.7.md).
  - (3) **Approval authority.** All requests to exceed the 5-year limitations specified in FAR 17.204(e) must be supported with a Determination and Finding and approved by:
    - (i) The HCA; and
    - (ii) **The HHS SPE.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 40 U.S.C. 121(c)(2).

### Source

Source: 80 FR 72151, Nov. 18, 2015, unless otherwise noted.