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         <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">501.404</ph> Class deviations.</title>
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                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(a)</ph>
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                    <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">General.</i> Class
deviations to the FAR and the GSAM may be approved by the SPE, unless
FAR 1.405(e) is applicable. A deviation to a multiple-award contract
as defined in FAR 2.101 is considered to be a class deviation.</p>
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                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(b)</ph>
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                    <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Submission
requirements</i>. Class deviation requests shall be submitted through
the contracting activity's respective policy organization (<i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">e.g.</i>,
FAS' Office of Policy and Compliance and PBS' Office of Acquisition)
to <xref href="mailto:spe.request@gsa.gov"
                        format="html"
                        scope="external"
                        class="- topic/xref ">spe.request@gsa.gov</xref> for SPE review
and approval.</p>
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                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(c)</ph>
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                    <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Expiration.</i> Unless
otherwise specified in the deviation itself or extended, class deviations
expire 12 months from the date of approval.</p>
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                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(d)</ph>
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                    <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Other
agencies.</i> If GSA delegates authority to another agency and requires
compliance with the GSAM as a condition of the delegation, the HCA
in the agency receiving the delegation may approve class deviations
from the GSAM, unless the agency head receiving the delegation designates
another official.</p>
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