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

DFARS 252.237-7015 Loss or damage (weight 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 articles it receives for servicing, requiring the contractor to return them and to compensate the Government for any that are lost or damaged beyond repair. The contractor pays a set amount per pound for lost or damaged articles, but only for losses exceeding a stated maximum weight loss percentage. Disagreements over the credit amount are handled as a dispute under the contract's Disputes clause.

Applies to: Contractors performing laundry services under contracts that include this clause

What it requires

  • Be liable for return of the articles furnished for service
  • Indemnify the Government for articles lost or damaged and, in the Contracting Officer's opinion, not satisfactorily repairable
  • Pay the Government a specified amount per pound for lost or damaged articles, but only for losses exceeding the maximum weight loss percentage
  • Repair damaged articles at the contractor's expense if the Contracting Officer and contractor agree they can be satisfactorily repaired

Key terms: articles · Contracting Officer · Disputes clause · maximum weight loss · delivery tickets

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

The text

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

Loss or Damage (Weight of Articles) (DEC 1991)

(a) The Contractor shall—

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

(2) Indemnify the Government for any articles delivered to the Contractor for servicing under this contract that are lost or damaged, and in the opinion of the Contracting Officer, cannot be repaired satisfactorily.

(b) The Contractor shall pay to the Government ________ per pound for lost or damaged articles. The Contractor shall pay the Government only for losses which exceed the maximum weight loss in paragraph (e) of this clause.

(c) Failure to agree on the amount of credit due will be treated as a dispute under the Disputes clause of this contract.

(d) In the case of damage to any articles that the Contracting Officer and the Contractor agree can be satisfactorily repaired, the Contractor shall repair the articles at its expense in a manner satisfactory to the Contracting Officer.

(e) The maximum weight loss allowable in servicing the laundry is ________ percent of the weight recorded on delivery tickets when the laundry is picked up. Any weight loss in excess of this amount shall be subject to the loss provisions 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.

← 252.237-7014 Loss or damage (count-of-articles). · 252.237-7016 Delivery tickets. →

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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