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

FAR 36.514 Availability and use of utility 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 when to include the Availability and Use of Utility Services clause in certain fixed-price construction or dismantling/demolition/removal contracts performed on Government sites. It matters to contractors because if the clause is used, the contract will list which utilities are available for their use.

Applies to: Contracting officers awarding fixed-price construction or dismantling, demolition, or removal contracts on Government sites

What it requires

  • Insert the clause at 52.236-14 in solicitations and contracts when the stated conditions are met
  • List the available utilities in the contract when the clause is used

Key terms: Availability and Use of Utility Services · fixed-price construction contract · dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contract · Government sites · utility system(s)

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 52.236-14, Availability and Use of Utility Services, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract or a fixed-price dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contract is contemplated, the contract is to be performed on Government sites, and the contracting officer decides (a) that the existing utility system(s) is adequate for the needs of both the Government and the contractor, and (b) furnishing it is in the Government's interest. When this clause is used, the contracting officer shall list the available utilities in the contract.

Sections it refers to

  • 52.236-14 Availability and Use of Utility Services.

Sections that refer to it

  • 52.236-14 Availability and Use of Utility Services.

← 36.513 Accident prevention. · 36.515 Schedules for construction contracts. →

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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