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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 252: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 252.2

DFARS 252.237-7005 Performance and delivery.

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 clause requires the contractor to provide the ordered material and services within 36 hours of being notified to remove remains, not counting time the Government needs to inspect and check preparation results. It also lets the Government require the contractor to hold the remains for up to 72 more hours after casketing and final inspection, at no extra charge.

Applies to: Contractors performing remains removal and preparation services under this clause

What it requires

  • Furnish the ordered material and perform the specified services no later than 36 hours after receiving notification to remove the remains, excluding Government inspection and check time
  • Hold the remains for an additional period up to 72 hours from casketing and final inspection if the Government requires, at no additional charge

Key terms: remains · notification to remove the remains · casketed · final inspection

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

The text

As prescribed in 237.7003(a) and (a)(3), use the following clause:

Performance and Delivery (DEC 1991)

(a) The Contractor shall furnish the material ordered and perform the services specified as promptly as possible but not later than 36 hours after receiving notification to remove the remains, excluding the time necessary for the Government to inspect and check results of preparation.

(b) The Government may, at no additional charge, require the Contractor to hold the remains for an additional period not to exceed 72 hours from the time the remains are casketed and final inspection completed.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

  • 237.7003 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

Sections that refer to it

  • 237.7003 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

← 252.237-7004 Area of performance. · 252.237-7006 Subcontracting. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 252

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

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