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DFARS 247.574 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 DFARS solicitation provisions and contract clauses to include when buying transportation of supplies by sea, time charters, or carriage of DoD cargo by vessel. It matters to contractors because these clauses and provisions will appear in their solicitations and contracts, and the choice between the basic clause and its alternates depends on the type of cargo and the contract.

Applies to: DoD solicitations and contracts involving sea transportation of supplies, time charters, and vessel carriage of DoD cargo

Key terms: Transportation of Supplies by Sea · Reflagging or Repair Work · Evaluation Preference for Use of Domestic Shipyards · Riding Gang Member Requirements · Defense Transportation System

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

The text

(a) Use the basic or one of the alternates of the clause at 252.247-7023, Transportation of Supplies by Sea, in solicitations and contracts, including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services, except those for direct purchase of ocean transportation services.

(1) Use the basic clause unless any of the supplies to be transported are commercial products and commercial services that are—

(i) Shipped in direct support of U.S. military contingency operations, exercises, or forces deployed in humanitarian or peacekeeping operations when the contract is not a construction contract; or

(ii) Commissary or exchange cargoes transported outside of the Defense Transportation System when the contract is not a construction contract.

(2) Use the alternate I clause if any of the supplies to be transported are commercial products and commercial services that are shipped in direct support of U.S. military contingency operations, exercises, or forces deployed in humanitarian or peacekeeping operations when the contract is not a construction contract.

(3) Use the alternate II clause if any of the supplies to be transported are commercial products and commercial services that are commissary or exchange cargoes transported outside of the Defense Transportation System (10 U.S.C. 2643), when the contract is not a construction contract.

(b) Use the clause at 252.247-7025, Reflagging or Repair Work, in all time charter solicitations and contracts, including time charter solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services, that are for the use of a vessel for the transportation of supplies, unless a waiver has been granted in accordance with 247.572(c)(2).

(c) Use the provision at 252.247-7026, Evaluation Preference for Use of Domestic Shipyards—Applicable to Acquisition of Carriage by Vessel for DoD Cargo in the Coastwise or Noncontiguous Trade, in solicitations, including solicitations using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services, that require a covered vessel for carriage of cargo for DoD.

(d) Use the clause at 252.247-7027, Riding Gang Member Requirements, in solicitations and contracts, including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services, that are for the charter of, or contract for carriage of cargo by, a U.S.-flag vessel documented 46 U.S.C. chapter 121.

Sections it refers to

  • 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea.
  • 252.247-7025 Reflagging or Repair Work.
  • 247.572 Policy.
  • 252.247-7026 Evaluation Preference for Use of Domestic Shipyards—Applicable to Acquisition of Carriage by Vessel for DoD Cargo in the Coastwise or Noncontiguous Trade.
  • 252.247-7027 Riding Gang Member Requirements.

Sections that refer to it

  • 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
  • 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea.
  • 252.247-7025 Reflagging or Repair Work.
  • 252.247-7026 Evaluation Preference for Use of Domestic Shipyards—Applicable to Acquisition of Carriage by Vessel for DoD Cargo in the Coastwise or Noncontiguous Trade.
  • 252.247-7027 Riding Gang Member Requirements.

← 247.573 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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