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         <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">243.204-71</ph> Certification of requests for equitable adjustment.</title>
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         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(a)  A request for equitable adjustment to contract terms that exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold may not be paid unless the contractor certifies the request in accordance with the clause at 
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         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(b)  To determine if the dollar threshold for requiring certification is met, add together the absolute value of each cost increase and each cost decrease.  See PGI 
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             -71(b) for an example.</p>
         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(c) The certification required by 10 U.S.C. 3862(a), as implemented in the clause at <xref outputclass="fm:ParaNumOnly"
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                  xtrc="252.243-7002">252.243-7002</xref> , is different from the certification required by 41 U.S.C. 7103, Disputes. If the contractor has certified a request for equitable adjustment in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 3862(a), and desires to convert the request to a claim under the Contract Disputes statute, the contractor shall certify the claim in accordance with FAR subpart 33.2.</p>
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