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         <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">217.7404</ph> Limitations.</title>
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         <p class="- topic/p ">See PGI 217.7404 for additional guidance on obtaining approval to authorize use of an undefinitized contact action, documentation requirements, and other limitations on their use.</p>
         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(a)  <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Foreign military sales contracts. </i>
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         <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(1)  A contracting officer may not enter into a UCA for a foreign military sale unless—</p>
         <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">(i)  The UCA provides for agreement upon contractual terms, specifications, and price by the end of the 180-day period beginning on the date on which the contractor submits a qualifying proposal; and </p>
         <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">(ii)  The contracting officer obtains approval from the head of the contracting activity to enter into a UCA in accordance with 
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         <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(2)  The head of the contracting activity may waive the requirements of paragraph (a)(1) of this section, if a waiver is necessary in order to support any of the following operations: </p>
         <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">(i)  A contingency operation.</p>
         <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">(ii)  A humanitarian or peacekeeping operation.</p>
         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(b)  <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Unilateral definitization by a contracting officer.  </i>Any UCA with a value greater than $50 million may not be unilaterally definitized until—</p>
         <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(1)  The earlier of—</p>
         <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">(i)  The end of the 180-day period, beginning on the date on which the contractor submits a qualifying proposal to definitize the contractual terms, specifications, and price; or </p>
         <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">(ii)  The date on which the amount of funds expended under the contractual action is equal to more than 50 percent of the negotiated overall not-to-exceed price for the contractual action;</p>
         <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(2)  The head of the contracting activity, without power of redelegation, approves the definitization in writing;</p>
         <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(3)  The contracting officer provides a copy of the written approval to the contractor; and</p>
         <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(4)  A period of 30 calendar days has elapsed after the written approval is provided to the contractor.</p>
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