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DFARS 247.270-1 Definitions.

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 DFARS section defines three terms used in defense contracting for stevedoring services: commodity rate, gang cost, and stevedoring. It matters to contractors because these definitions determine how pricing and costs are understood in solicitations and contracts involving loading and unloading of cargo at ports.

Applies to: Defense contractors involved in stevedoring or cargo handling services

Key terms: commodity rate · gang cost · stevedoring · lighter · collective bargaining agreement

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The text

Commodity rate is—

(1) The price quoted for handling a ton (weight or measurement) of a specified commodity; and

(2) Computed by dividing the hourly stevedoring gang cost by the estimated number of tons of the specified commodity that can be handled in 1 hour.

Gang cost is—

(1) The total hourly wages paid to the workers in the gang, in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement between the maritime industry and the unions at a specific port; and

(2) Payments for workmen's compensation, social security taxes, unemployment insurance, taxes, liability and property damage insurance, general and administrative expenses, and profit.

Stevedoring is the—

(1) Loading of cargo from an agreed point of rest on a pier or lighter and its storage aboard a vessel; or

(2) Breaking out and discharging of cargo from any space in the vessel to an agreed point of rest dockside or in a lighter.

← 247.270 Stevedoring contracts. · 247.270-2 Technical provisions. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 247

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

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