FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 11: Describing Agency Needs › Subpart 11.5
FAR 11.502 Procedures.
The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.
In plain English
This section tells contracting officers how to handle liquidated damages in solicitations and construction contracts. If a contract will include liquidated damages, the solicitation must state the applicable clause and rates, and construction contracts must describe the daily rate of damages for delay. This matters to contractors because it shows what delay-related charges may be included and how they are disclosed up front.
Applies to: Solicitations and construction contracts that will contain liquidated damages provisions
What it requires
- Include the applicable liquidated damages clause and rates in solicitations when the contract will contain liquidated damages provisions.
- For construction contracts with liquidated damages provisions, describe the rate(s) of liquidated damages assessed per day of delay.
Key terms: liquidated damages · solicitation · construction contracts · rate(s) of liquidated damages · day of delay
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) Include the applicable liquidated damages clause and liquidated damages rates in solicitations when the contract will contain liquidated damages provisions.
(b) Construction contracts with liquidated damages provisions must describe the rate(s) of liquidated damages assessed per day of delay. The rate(s) should include the estimated daily cost of Government inspection and superintendence. The rate(s) should also include an amount for other expected expenses associated with delayed completion such as—
(1) Renting substitute property; or
(2) Paying additional allowance for living quarters.
Sections that refer to it
- 36.206 Liquidated damages.
← 11.501 Policy. · 11.503 Contract clauses. →
Rule changes for FAR Part 11
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Ending Procurement and Forced Use of Paper Straws ↗ · proposed 2025-07-21 · comments due 2025-09-19
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition ↗ · proposed 2025-01-15 · comments due 2025-03-17
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Controlled Unclassified Information ↗ · proposed 2025-01-15 · comments due 2025-03-17
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Strengthening America's Cybersecurity Workforce ↗ · proposed 2025-01-03 · comments due 2025-03-04
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2024-07-30 · effective 2024-08-29
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Sustainable Procurement ↗ · final rule 2024-04-22 · effective 2024-05-22
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.