{"data":{"id":"us/48-cfr-42.1601","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"48 CFR 42.1601","heading":"42.1601 General.","body":"The contracting officer shall make every reasonable effort to respond in writing within 30 days to any written request to the contracting officer from a small business concern with respect to a contract administration matter. In the event the contracting officer cannot respond to the request within the 30-day period, the contracting officer shall, within the period, transmit to the contractor a written notification of the specific date the contracting officer expects to respond. This provision shall not apply to a request for a contracting officer decision under 41 U.S.C. chapter 71, Contract Disputes.","path":["Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System","CHAPTER 1—FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION","SUBCHAPTER G—CONTRACT MANAGEMENT","PART 42—CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND AUDIT SERVICES","Subpart 42.16—Small Business Contract Administration"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-48.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:29Z","sha256":"92db21ae44de86fcb473a7fd8c1c12e98ae0c8e7dd5f8658ac3bd3d34fed9314","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/48-cfr-42.1504","next":"us/48-cfr-42.1701"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}