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Whether an executive agency contracting officer may eliminate the requirement to exercise discretion by inserting contract language that nullifies the Federal Acquisition Regulation’s excusable delay protections in a commercial items contract. Whether a contracting officer’s refusal to consider delivery delays caused by the Suez Canal blockage — an archetypal common carrier delay —violates FAR 52.2124(f) and exceeds the officer’s authority under 41 U.S.C. § 3307. Whether, under Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo , courts must invalidate agency actions that amount to unauthorized legislative rulemaking, including when a contracting officer unilaterally rewrites procurement obligations established by Congress.