FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 36: Construction and Architect-engineer Contracts › Subpart 36.5
FAR 36.500 Scope of subpart.
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 explains that the subpart it belongs to provides provisions and clauses to include in solicitations and contracts for construction work and for dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements. It also notes that other FAR provisions and clauses must still be used when their own conditions apply.
Applies to: Solicitations and contracts for construction and for dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements
What it requires
- Insert the provisions and clauses prescribed in this subpart in solicitations and contracts for construction and for dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements
- Also use provisions and clauses prescribed elsewhere in the FAR when the conditions in their prescriptions are applicable
Key terms: construction · dismantling · demolition · removal of improvements · provisions and clauses
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) This subpart prescribes provisions and clauses for insertion in solicitations and contracts for—
(1) Construction; and
(2) Dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contracts.
(b) Provisions and clauses prescribed elsewhere in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) shall also be used in such solicitations and contracts when the conditions specified in the prescriptions for the provisions and clauses are applicable.
← 36.303-2 Phase Two. · 36.501 Performance of work by the contractor. →
Rule changes for FAR Part 36
- 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: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · final rule 2025-08-27 · effective 2025-10-01
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2024-12-16 · effective 2025-01-03
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · proposed 2024-11-29 · comments due 2025-01-28
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Prohibition on the Use of Reverse Auctions for Complex, Specialized, or Substantial Design and Construction Services ↗ · proposed 2024-08-29 · comments due 2024-10-28
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Sustainable Procurement ↗ · 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.