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FAR 52.241-4 — Change in Class of Service.

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52.241-4 Change in Class of Service.

Type: Clause

Prescribed in: 41.501(c)

Current version date: FEB 1995

Prescription and Applicability

FAR Prescription, 41.501(c)

(c) The contracting officer shall insert in solicitations and contracts for utility services clauses substantially the same as the clauses at-

(1) 52.241-2, Order of Precedence-Utilities;

(2) 52.241-3, Scope and Duration of Contract;

(3) 52.241-4, Change in Class of Service;

(4) 52.241-5, Contractor's Facilities; and

(5) 52.241-6, Service Provisions.

DFARS Supplementary Guidance, 241.501

(d) (1) Use a clause substantially the same as the clause at FAR 52.241-7, Change in Rates or Terms and Conditions of Service for Regulated Services, when the utility services to be provided are subject to an independent regulatory body.
(2) Use a clause substantially the same as the clause at FAR 52.241-8, Change in Rates or Terms and Conditions of Service for Unregulated Services, when the utility services to be provided are not subject to a regulatory body or are subject to a nonindependent regulatory body.

Current Text

52.241-4 Change in Class of Service.

As prescribed in 41.501(c)(3), insert a clause substantially the same as the following:

Change in Class of Service (FEB 1995)

(a) In the event of a change in the class of service, such service shall be provided at the Contractor's lowest available rate schedule applicable to the class of service furnished.

(b) Where the Contractor does not have on file with the regulatory body approved rate schedules applicable to services provided, no clause in this contract shall preclude the parties from negotiating a rate schedule applicable to the class of service furnished.

(End of clause)

[59 FR 67023, Dec. 28, 1994]

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Reference: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-48/section-52.241-4