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

FAR 36.509 Protection of existing vegetation, structures, equipment, utilities, and improvements.

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 when to include the clause at 52.236-9, which protects existing vegetation, structures, equipment, utilities, and improvements. For fixed-price construction or dismantling/demolition/removal contracts expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold, the clause must be inserted. For similar contracts at or below that threshold, the contracting officer may insert it.

Applies to: Contracting officers awarding fixed-price construction or dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contracts

What it requires

  • Insert the clause at 52.236-9 in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction or fixed-price dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contract is contemplated and the contract amount is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold

Key terms: simplified acquisition threshold · fixed-price construction contract · dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contract · 52.236-9

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

The text

The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-9, Protection of Existing Vegetation, Structures, Equipment, Utilities, and Improvements, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract or a fixed-price dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contract is contemplated and the contract amount is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. The contracting officer may insert the clause in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction or a fixed-price contract for dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements is contemplated and the contract amount is expected to be at or below the simplified acquisition threshold.

Sections it refers to

  • 52.236-9 Protection of Existing Vegetation, Structures, Equipment, Utilities, and Improvements.

Sections that refer to it

  • 52.236-9 Protection of Existing Vegetation, Structures, Equipment, Utilities, and Improvements.

← 36.508 Other contracts. · 36.510 Operations and storage areas. →

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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