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

DFARS 252.237-7014 Loss or damage (count-of-articles).

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 makes the contractor responsible for the number and kind of articles the Government furnishes for servicing, and requires the contractor to cover the Government for any loss or damage to those articles. It explains how the count is set, how value is determined, and how disagreements are handled.

Applies to: Contractors furnished Government articles for service under this contract

What it requires

  • Be liable for return of the number and kind of articles furnished for service
  • Indemnify the Government for any loss or damage to such articles
  • Pay the Government the value of any lost or damaged property using Federal supply schedule price lists
  • May repair damaged property at its own expense if the Contracting Officer and Contractor agree it can be satisfactorily repaired

Key terms: count-of-articles · joint count · indemnify · Federal supply schedule price lists · Disputes clause

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

The text

As prescribed in 237.7101(c), use the following clause:

Loss or Damage (Count-of-Articles) (DEC 1991)

(a) The count-of-articles will be—

(1) The count of the Contracting Officer; or

(2) The count agreed upon as a result of a joint count by the Contractor and the Contracting Officer at the time of delivery to the Contractor.

(b) The Contractor shall—

(1) Be liable for return of the number and kind of articles furnished for service under this contract; and

(2) Shall indemnify the Government for any loss or damage to such articles.

(c) The Contractor shall pay to the Government the value of any lost or damaged property using Federal supply schedule price lists. If the property is not on these price lists, the Contracting Officer shall determine a fair and reasonable price.

(d) The Contracting Officer will allow credit for any depreciation in the value of the property at the time of loss or damage. The Contracting Officer and the Contractor shall mutually determine the amount of the allowable credit.

(e) Failure to agree upon the value of the property or on the amount of credit due will be treated as a dispute under the Disputes clause of this contract.

(f) In case of damage to any property that the Contracting Officer and the Contractor agree can be satisfactorily repaired, the Contractor may repair the property at its expense in a manner satisfactory to the Contracting Officer, rather than make payment under paragraph (c) of this clause.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

  • 237.7101 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

Sections that refer to it

  • 237.7101 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

← 252.237-7013 Instruction to offerors (bulk weight). · 252.237-7015 Loss or damage (weight of articles). →

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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