---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 33.207"
title: "48"
number: "33.207"
heading: "Contractor certification."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/33.207"
---

# §33.207. Contractor certification.

- (a) Contractors shall provide the certification specified in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section when submitting any claim exceeding $100,000.
- (b) The certification requirement does not apply to issues in controversy that have not been submitted as all or part of a claim.
- (c) The certification shall state as follows:
- (d) The aggregate amount of both increased and decreased costs shall be used in determining when the dollar thresholds requiring certification are met (see example in 15.403-4(a)(1)(iii) regarding certified cost or pricing data).
- (e) The certification may be executed by any person authorized to bind the contractor with respect to the claim.
- (f) A defective certification shall not deprive a court or an agency BCA of jurisdiction over that claim. Prior to the entry of a final judgment by a court or a decision by an agency BCA, however, the court or agency BCA shall require a defective certification to be corrected.

## Notes

### Amendments

[59 FR 11381, Mar. 10, 1994, as amended at 60 FR 48218, 48230, Sept. 18, 1995; 62 FR 51271, Sept. 30, 1997; 63 FR 58595, Oct. 30, 1998; 75 FR 53149, Aug. 30, 2010; 79 FR 24212, Apr. 29, 2014]

### Source

Source: 48 FR 42349, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 50 FR 2270, Jan. 15, 1985.

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

### Amendments

[59 FR 11381, Mar. 10, 1994, as amended at 60 FR 48218, 48230, Sept. 18, 1995; 62 FR 51271, Sept. 30, 1997; 63 FR 58595, Oct. 30, 1998; 75 FR 53149, Aug. 30, 2010; 79 FR 24212, Apr. 29, 2014]