§ 517.204 - Contracts.

The head of the contracting activity must approve exceeding the 5-year limitations specified in FAR 17.204(e) for individual contracts. The Associate Administrator for Acquisition Policy must approve requests to exceed the limitations for classes of contracts. The contract file for individual approvals and the requests for approval of classes of contracts must support the need to exceed the 5-year limitation. This section does not apply to contracts for automatic data processing (ADP) equipment and systems or to contracts for telecommunications equipment and services.