---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 42.1601"
title: "48"
number: "42.1601"
heading: "General."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/42.1601"
---

# §42.1601. General.


The contracting officer shall make every reasonable effort to respond in writing within 30 days to any written request to the contracting officer from a small business concern with respect to a contract administration matter. In the event the contracting officer cannot respond to the request within the 30-day period, the contracting officer shall, within the period, transmit to the contractor a written notification of the specific date the contracting officer expects to respond. This provision shall not apply to a request for a contracting officer decision under 41 U.S.C. chapter 71, Contract Disputes.


## Notes

### Amendments

[60 FR 48230, Sept. 18, 1995, as amended at 79 FR 24213, Apr. 29, 2014]

### 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.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 42370, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[60 FR 48230, Sept. 18, 1995, as amended at 79 FR 24213, Apr. 29, 2014]