FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 247: Transportation › Subpart 247.2
DFARS 247.270-2 Technical provisions.
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 explains that standard technical provisions for stevedoring operations are not practical because conditions vary by port and sometimes within the same port. It also directs that when a stevedoring contract includes rail car, truck, intermodal equipment loading and unloading, or other dock and terminal work, those requirements must be included as separate items of work.
Applies to: Stevedoring contracts and related dock and terminal work
What it requires
- Include rail car, truck, or intermodal equipment loading and unloading, or other dock and terminal work as separate items of work when covered under a stevedoring contract.
Key terms: stevedoring operations · technical provisions · intermodal equipment · dock and terminal work · separate items of work
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The text
(a) Because conditions vary at different ports, and sometimes within the same port, it is not practical to develop standard technical provisions covering all phases of stevedoring operations.
(b) When including rail car, truck, or intermodal equipment loading and unloading, or other dock and terminal work under a stevedoring contract, include these requirements as separate items of work.
← 247.270-1 Definitions. · 247.270-3 Evaluation of bids and proposals. →
Rule changes for DFARS Part 247
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Preference for United States Vessels in Transporting Supplies By Sea (DFARS Case 2021-D020) ↗ · final rule 2024-09-26 · effective 2024-10-01
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Modification of Notification of Intent To Transport Supplies by Sea (DFARS Case 2020-D026) ↗ · final rule 2024-09-26 · effective 2024-10-01
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Preference for United States Vessels in Transporting Supplies by Sea (DFARS Case 2021-D020) ↗ · proposed 2024-04-25 · comments due 2024-06-24
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Modification of Notification of Intent To Transport Supplies by Sea (DFARS Case 2020-D026) ↗ · proposed 2024-03-26 · comments due 2024-05-28
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.