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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 25: Foreign Acquisition › Subpart 25.3

FAR 25.301-4 Contract clause.

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 when to include the clause at FAR 52.225-19 in solicitations and contracts. The clause applies to contracts that require contractor personnel to work outside the United States in designated operational areas or in support of certain diplomatic or consular missions. It matters because it determines whether your contract will contain requirements related to contractor personnel in those locations.

Applies to: Solicitations and contracts (other than personal service contracts with individuals) requiring contractor personnel to perform outside the United States in designated operational areas or supporting c

What it requires

  • Insert the clause at 52.225-19 in solicitations and contracts that will require contractor personnel to perform outside the United States in the specified circumstances.

Key terms: designated operational area · contingency operations · humanitarian or peacekeeping operations · danger pay post · personal service contracts

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

The text

Insert the clause at 52.225-19, Contractor Personnel in a Designated Operational Area or Supporting a Diplomatic or Consular Mission outside the United States, in solicitations and contracts, other than personal service contracts with individuals, that will require contractor personnel to perform outside the United States—

(a) In a designated operational area during—

(1) Contingency operations;

(2) Humanitarian or peacekeeping operations; or

(3) Other military operations or military exercises, when designated by the combatant commander; or

(b) When supporting a diplomatic or consular mission—

(1) That has been designated by the Department of State as a danger pay post (see https://aoprals.state.gov/”; or

(2) That the contracting officer determines is a post at which application of the clause FAR 52.225-19, Contractor Personnel in a Designated Operational Area or Supporting a Diplomatic or Consular Mission outside the United States, is appropriate.

Sections it refers to

  • 52.225-19 Contractor Personnel in a Designated Operational Area or Supporting a Diplomatic or Consular Mission Outside the United States.

Sections that refer to it

  • 12.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
  • 52.225-19 Contractor Personnel in a Designated Operational Area or Supporting a Diplomatic or Consular Mission Outside the United States.
  • 225.301-4 Contract clause.

← 25.301-3 Weapons. · 25.302 Contractors performing private security functions outside the United States. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 25

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

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