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

DFARS 252.239-7002 Access.

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 addresses situations where the Government restricts the Contractor's access to Contractor-furnished facilities. If access is denied, the Government must maintain those facilities at its own risk and expense, and the Contractor is not responsible for service failures during that period unless caused by the Contractor's fault or negligence. The Government also reimburses the Contractor for loss or damage to equipment caused by Government fault or negligence during nonaccess periods.

Applies to: Contractor-furnished facilities under Government contracts where access may be restricted by military security regulations

What it requires

  • Government must permit Contractor access at all reasonable times, subject to military security regulations
  • If access is denied, Government must maintain the facilities at its own risk and expense
  • Government must reimburse Contractor at mutually acceptable rates for loss or damage to equipment due to Government fault or negligence during nonaccess

Key terms: military security regulations · Contractor furnished facilities · nonaccess · fault or negligence · Disputes clause

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

The text

As prescribed in 239.7411(a), use the following clause:

Access (DEC 1991)

(a) Subject to military security regulations, the Government shall permit the Contractor access at all reasonable times to Contractor furnished facilities. However, if the Government is unable to permit access, the Government at its own risk and expense shall maintain these facilities and the Contractor shall not be responsible for the service involving any of these facilities during the period of nonaccess, unless the service failure results from the Contractor's fault or negligence.

(b) During periods when the Government does not permit Contractor access, the Government will reimburse the Contractor at mutually acceptable rates for the loss of or damage to the equipment due to the fault or negligence of the Government. Failure to agree shall be a dispute concerning a question of fact within the meaning of the Disputes clause of this contract.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 252.239-7001 Information Assurance Contractor Training and Certification. · 252.239-7003 [Reserved] →

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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