FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 28: Bonds and Insurance › Subpart 28.3
FAR 28.313 Contract clauses for insurance of transportation or transportation-related services.
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 section tells contracting officers which insurance clauses to put into solicitations and contracts for transportation or transportation-related services. It matters to contractors because it determines whether the Cargo Insurance clause or a vehicular and general public liability insurance clause will appear in their contract.
Applies to: Solicitations and contracts for transportation or transportation-related services
Key terms: Cargo Insurance · Vehicular and General Public Liability Insurance · released or declared value · transportation-related services · contracting officer
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.228-9, Cargo Insurance, in solicitations and contracts for transportation or for transportation-related services, except when freight is shipped under rates subject to released or declared value.
(b) The contracting officer shall insert a clause substantially the same as that at 52.228-10, Vehicular and General Public Liability Insurance, in solicitations and contracts for transportation or for transportation-related services when the contracting officer determines that vehicular liability or general public liability insurance required by law is not sufficient.
Sections it refers to
← 28.312 Contract clause for insurance of leased motor vehicles.
Rule changes for FAR Part 28
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 14, 28, 36, and 52 ↗ · proposed 2026-09-18 · comments due 2026-10-19
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2024-04-22 · effective 2024-05-22
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.