CHAPTER 11

Pricing Equitable Adjustments for Contract Changes

Sometimes the government may have to change a contract because situations arise that it did not anticipate at the time of award. Government contracts contain various clauses that require written changes to the contract when new situations arise.

The courts and the boards of contract appeals (BCAs) have developed a number of basic concepts for determining equitable price adjustments. Unfortunately, there are no hard-and-fast rules that will always ensure agreement between contractors and the government. There are not even any rules that will always ensure success before the courts and the BCAs. The guidance and materials do, however, offer a framework to consider in pricing equitable ...

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