Priority of Documents

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Item Information

Revision History

Date Status ID Title
2007-05-25 Active A9140C Priority of Documents (2007-05-25) A9140C
2006-06-16 Superseded A9140C ARCHIVED: Priority Documents (2006-06-16) A9140C

Remarks – Recommended Use of SACC Item

Use the following clause in contracts. The order of documents shown below reflects current policy and legal advice. Contracting officers must amend the list to reflect the documents applicable to each contract and list the annexes by order of priority, as applicable.

Use the following clause only if the low dollar value (2T-LDV1), medium complexity (2T-MED1) and higher complexity (2T-HIGH1) templates are not used.

Legal text for SACC item

If there is a discrepancy between the wording of any documents that appear on the list, the wording of the document that first appears on the list has priority over the wording of any document that subsequently appears on the list.

  1. the Articles of Agreement;
  2. (Contracting officer to delete if not applicable) the supplemental general conditions ___________ (insert number, date and title);
  3. the general conditions _______ (insert number, date and title);
  4. Annex "_____ " - ____________ ;
  5. Annex "_____ " - ____________ ;
  6. the Contractor's bid dated ________ (insert date of bid), as amended on _______ (insert date(s) of amendment(s), if applicable).