FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 237: Service Contracting › Subpart 237.70
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
- 252.237-7004 Area of performance.
- 252.237-7003 Requirements.
- 252.237-7005 Performance and delivery.
- 252.237-7006 Subcontracting.
- 252.237-7007 Termination for default.
- 252.237-7008 Group interment.
- 252.237-7009 Permits.
- 252.237-7011 Preparation history.
- 52.245-1 Government Property.
Sections that refer to it
- 218.170 Additional acquisition flexibilities.
- 252.237-7003 Requirements.
- 252.237-7004 Area of performance.
- 252.237-7005 Performance and delivery.
- 252.237-7006 Subcontracting.
- 252.237-7007 Termination for default.
- 252.237-7008 Group interment.
- 252.237-7009 Permits.
- 252.237-7011 Preparation history.
← 237.7002 Area of performance and distribution of contracts. · 237.7100 Scope. →
Rule changes for DFARS Part 237
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Preventing Conflicts of Interest for Certain Consulting Services (DFARS Case 2024-D007) ↗ · final rule 2025-08-25 · effective 2025-10-24
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds (DFARS Case 2024-D002) ↗ · proposed 2025-01-17 · comments due 2025-03-18
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2024-10-10 · effective 2024-10-10
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Preventing Conflicts of Interest for Certain Consulting Services (DFARS Case 2024-D007) ↗ · proposed 2024-09-26 · comments due 2024-11-25
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Transfer and Adoption of Military Animals (DFARS Case 2020-D021) ↗ · final rule 2024-02-15 · effective 2024-02-15
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.