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DFARS 252.237-7007 Termination for default.

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 allows the Contracting Officer to terminate the contract for default without the usual ten-day notice if the contractor commits certain acts, such as discrediting the Department of Defense in handling remains, soliciting the deceased's relatives for extra sales, using unauthorized personnel, refusing to perform services for a particular remains, or mentioning the contract in advertising. It supplements the standard Default clause and gives the government broader termination rights for these specific situations.

Applies to: Contractors performing services under contracts that include this clause, as prescribed in DFARS 237.7003(a) and (a)(5).

What it requires

  • Perform services only through the Contractor or the Contractor's employees unless the Contracting Officer gives written authorization for others.
  • Do not solicit relatives or friends of the deceased to purchase supplies or services not under this contract, unless they voluntarily request, select, and pay for them.
  • Do not refuse to perform the services required for any particular remains.
  • Do not mention or otherwise use this contract in advertising.

Key terms: Contracting Officer · terminate for default · written notice · Default clause · remains

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)(5), use the following clause:

Termination for Default (DEC 1991)

(a) This clause supplements and is in addition to the Default clause of this contract.

(b) The Contracting Officer may terminate this contract for default by written notice without the ten day notice required by paragraph (a)(2) of the Default clause if—

(1) The Contractor, through circumstances reasonably within its control or that of its employees, performs any act under or in connection with this contract, or fails in the performance of any service under this contract and the act or failures may reasonably be considered to reflect discredit upon the Department of Defense in fulfilling its responsibility for proper care of remains;

(2) The Contractor, or its employees, solicits relatives or friends of the deceased to purchase supplies or services not under this contract. (The Contractor may furnish supplies or arrange for services not under this contract, only if representatives of the deceased voluntarily request, select, and pay for them.);

(3) The services or any part of the services are performed by anyone other than the Contractor or the Contractor's employees without the written authorization of the Contracting Officer;

(4) The Contractor refuses to perform the services required for any particular remains; or

(5) The Contractor mentions or otherwise uses this contract in its advertising in any way.

(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.

← 252.237-7006 Subcontracting. · 252.237-7008 Group interment. →

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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