---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 49.402-5"
title: "48"
number: "49.402-5"
heading: "Memorandum by the contracting officer."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/49.402-5"
---

# §49.402-5. Memorandum by the contracting officer.


When a contract is terminated for default or a procedure authorized by 49.402-4 is followed, the contracting officer shall prepare a memorandum for the contract file explaining the reasons for the action taken.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 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 42447, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.