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FAR 52.217-9 — Option To Extend the Term of the Contract.

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52.217-9 Option To Extend the Term of the Contract.

Type: Clause

Prescribed in: 17.208(g)

Current version date: MAR 2000

Prescription and Applicability

FAR Prescription, 17.208(g)

(g) Insert a clause substantially the same as the clause at 52.217-9, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract, in solicitations and contracts when the inclusion of an option is appropriate (see 17.200 and 17.202) and it is necessary to include in the contract any or all of the following:

(1) A requirement that the Government must give the contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend the contract.

(2) A statement that an extension of the contract includes an extension of the option.

(3) A specified limitation on the total duration of the contract.

DFARS Supplementary Guidance, 217.208

Sealed bid solicitations shall not include provisions for evaluations of options unless the contracting officer determines that there is a reasonable likelihood that the options will be exercised (10 U.S.C. 3206(e)). This limitation also applies to sealed bid solicitations for the contracts excluded by FAR 17.200.

Current Text

52.217-9 Option To Extend the Term of the Contract.

As prescribed in 17.208(g), insert a clause substantially the same as the following:

Option To Extend the Term of the Contract (MAR 2000)

(a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within ___ [insert the period of time within which the Contracting Officer may exercise the option]; provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least __ days [60 days unless a different number of days is inserted] before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension.

(b) If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option clause.

(c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed __ (months) (years).

(End of clause)

[54 FR 5058, Jan. 31, 1989, as amended at 64 FR 51843, Sept. 24, 1999; 65 FR 16286, Mar. 27, 2000]

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Reference: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-48/section-52.217-9