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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 247: Transportation › Subpart 247.2

DFARS 247.271-3 Solicitation provisions, schedule formats, 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 personnel which solicitation provisions, schedule formats, and contract clauses to use when buying services to prepare personal property for movement or storage, or to perform intra-city or intra-area moves. It also lets overseas commands (except Alaska and Hawaii) modify the clauses to fit local practices, laws, and regulations. Contractors should expect these specific clauses and schedules to appear in such solicitations and contracts.

Applies to: Acquisitions of personal property preparation, storage, and intra-city or intra-area movement services

What it requires

  • Use the schedules provided by the installation personal property shipping office in solicitations and resulting contracts
  • Identify by name or position title the individuals authorized to place orders for each ordering activity
  • Document oral orders in accordance with department or agency instructions when oral orders are allowed

Key terms: solicitation provisions · schedule formats · contract clauses · ordering activity · demurrage

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

The text

When acquiring services for the preparation of personal property for movement or storage, or for performance of intra-city or intra-area movement, use the following provisions, clauses, and schedules. Revise solicitation provisions and schedules, as appropriate, if using negotiation rather than sealed bidding. Overseas commands, except those in Alaska and Hawaii, may modify these clauses to conform to local practices, laws, and regulations.

(a) In solicitations and resulting contracts, the schedules provided by the installation personal property shipping office. Follow the procedures at PGI 247.271-3(c) for use of schedules.

(b) In addition to designating each ordering activity, as required by the clause at FAR 52.216-18, Ordering, identify by name or position title the individuals authorized to place orders for each activity. When provisions are made for placing oral orders in accordance with FAR 16.504(a)(4)(vii), document the oral orders in accordance with department or agency instructions.

(c) The clause at 252.247-7014, Demurrage. See additional information at PGI 247.271-3(c)(1) for demurrage and detention charges.

(d) The clause at 252.247-7016, Contractor Liability for Loss and Damage.

(e) The clauses at FAR 52.247-8, Estimated Weight or Quantities Not Guaranteed, and FAR 52.247-13, Accessorial Services—Moving Contracts.

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 247.271-2 Procedures. · 247.301 General. →

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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