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

DFARS 252.237-7009 Permits.

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 comply with all state and local licensing requirements and to obtain and provide any necessary health department and shipping permits. The contractor must do this at no extra cost to the Government and must ensure health department permits are in order for disposition of remains.

Applies to: Contractors performing services that involve disposition of remains

What it requires

  • Meet all State and local licensing requirements
  • Obtain and furnish all necessary health department and shipping permits
  • Ensure all necessary health department permits are in order for disposition of the remains
  • Do all of this at no additional cost to the Government

Key terms: State and local licensing requirements · health department permits · shipping permits · disposition of the 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)(7), use the following clause:

Permits (DEC 1991)

The Contractor shall meet all State and local licensing requirements and obtain and furnish all necessary health department and shipping permits at no additional cost to the Government. The Contractor shall ensure that all necessary health department permits are in order for disposition of the remains.

(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.

← 252.237-7008 Group interment. · 252.237-7010 Prohibition on Interrogation of Detainees by Contractor Personnel. →

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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