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

DFARS 252.247-7003 Pass-Through of Motor Carrier Fuel Surcharge Adjustment To The Cost Bearer.

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 pass through motor carrier fuel-related surcharge adjustments to the entity that directly bears the fuel cost for shipments under the contract, unless the Contracting Officer authorizes an exception. It also requires the Contractor to include the substance of this clause in subcontracts with motor carriers, brokers, or freight forwarders. This matters because it ensures fuel surcharge adjustments reach the party actually paying for fuel.

Applies to: Contractors transporting shipments under contracts that include this clause, and their subcontracts with motor carriers, brokers, or freight forwarders

What it requires

  • Pass through any motor carrier fuel-related surcharge adjustments to the person, corporation, or entity that directly bears the cost of fuel for shipments transported under this contract, unless an exception is authorized by the Contracting Officer.
  • Insert the substance of this clause, including paragraph (c), in all subcontracts, including subcontracts for commercial products or commercial services, with motor carriers, brokers, or freight forwarders.

Key terms: motor carrier fuel-related surcharge adjustments · pass through · cost bearer · subcontracts · commercial products or commercial services

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

The text

As prescribed in 247.207, use the following clause:

Pass-Through of Motor Carrier Fuel Surcharge Adjustment to the Cost Bearer (JAN 2023)

(a) This clause implements section 884 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Pub. L. 110-417).

(b) Unless an exception is authorized by the Contracting Officer, the Contractor shall pass through any motor carrier fuel-related surcharge adjustments to the person, corporation, or entity that directly bears the cost of fuel for shipment(s) transported under this contract.

(c) Subcontracts. The Contractor shall insert the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (c), in all subcontracts, including subcontracts for commercial products or commercial services, with motor carriers, brokers, or freight forwarders.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

  • 247.207 Solicitation provisions, contract clauses, and special requirements.

Sections that refer to it

  • 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
  • 247.207 Solicitation provisions, contract clauses, and special requirements.

← 252.247-7002 Revision of prices. · 252.247-7004—252.247-7006 [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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