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

DFARS 252.247-7000 Hardship conditions.

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 tells a contractor what to do when it encounters unusual ship, dock, or cargo conditions that make loading or unloading a particular cargo a hardship at the basic commodity rates. The contractor must notify the Contracting Officer and request any price adjustment within set deadlines, and the Contracting Officer may then authorize payment at the contract's man-hour rates.

Applies to: Contractors loading or unloading cargo under contracts that include this clause

What it requires

  • Notify the Contracting Officer before performing the work if feasible, but no later than the vessel sailing time
  • Submit any associated request for price adjustment within 10 working days of the vessel sailing time

Key terms: unusual ship, dock, or cargo conditions · hardship · basic commodity rates · vessel sailing time · man-hour rates

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

The text

As prescribed in 247.270-4(a), use the following clause:

Hardship Conditions (AUG 2000)

(a) If the Contractor finds unusual ship, dock, or cargo conditions associated with loading or unloading a particular cargo, that will work a hardship on the Contractor if loaded or unloaded at the basic commodity rates, the Contractor shall—

(1) Notify the Contracting Officer before performing the work, if feasible, but no later than the vessel sailing time; and

(2) Submit any associated request for price adjustment to the Contracting Officer within 10 working days of the vessel sailing time.

(b) Unusual conditions include, but are not limited to, inaccessibility of place of stowage to the ship's cargo gear, side port operations, and small quantities of cargo in any one hatch.

(c) The Contracting Officer will investigate the conditions promptly after receiving the notice. If the Contracting Officer finds that the conditions are unusual and do materially affect the cost of loading or unloading, the Contracting Officer will authorize payment at the applicable man-hour rates set forth in the schedule of rates of this contract.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 252.246-7008 Sources of Electronic Parts. · 252.247-7001 [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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