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DFARS 237.7003 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

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 which clauses to include in solicitations and contracts for mortuary services. It lists specific DFARS clauses that must be used in all such solicitations and contracts, with one exception for contracts that include port of entry requirements. It also directs use of a FAR clause with an alternate when port of entry requirements are included.

Applies to: Mortuary service solicitations and contracts

What it requires

  • Use the listed DFARS clauses in all mortuary service solicitations and contracts
  • Do not use the clause at 252.237-7004, Area of Performance, in solicitations or contracts that include port of entry requirements
  • Insert activities authorized to place orders in paragraph (e) of clause 252.237-7003
  • Use FAR 52.245-1, Government Property, with its Alternate I, in solicitations and contracts that include port of entry requirements

Key terms: mortuary service · port of entry requirements · Area of Performance · Government Property · Alternate I

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

(a) Use the following clauses in all mortuary service solicitations and contracts, except do not use the clauses at 252.237-7004, Area of Performance, in solicitations or contracts that include port of entry requirements:

(1) 252.237-7003, Requirements, (insert activities authorized to place orders in paragraph (e) of the clause).

(2) 252.237-7004, Area of Performance.

(3) 252.237-7005, Performance and Delivery.

(4) 252.237-7006, Subcontracting.

(5) 252.237-7007, Termination for Default.

(6) 252.237-7008, Group Interment.

(7) 252.237-7009, Permits.

(8) 252.237-7011, Preparation History.

(b) Use the clause at FAR 52.245-1, Government Property, with its Alternate I, in solicitations and contracts that include port of entry requirements.

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 237.7002 Area of performance and distribution of contracts. · 237.7100 Scope. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 237

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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