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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 36: Construction and Architect-engineer Contracts › Subpart 36.5

FAR 36.504 Physical data.

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 the contracting officer to include the Physical Data clause (52.236-4) in solicitations and contracts for fixed-price construction when physical data such as test borings, hydrographic data, or weather data will be given or made available to offerors. It matters to contractors because it signals that such data will be part of the solicitation or contract.

Applies to: Contracting officers handling fixed-price construction solicitations and contracts

What it requires

  • Insert the clause at 52.236-4, Physical Data, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract is contemplated and physical data will be furnished or made available to offerors.

Key terms: fixed-price construction contract · physical data · 52.236-4 · offerors

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The text

The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-4, Physical Data, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract is contemplated and physical data (e.g., test borings, hydrographic data, weather conditions data) will be furnished or made available to offerors.

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 36.503 Site investigation and conditions affecting the work. · 36.505 Material and workmanship. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 36

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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