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

FAR 36.516 Quantity surveys.

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 they may or must include the Quantity Surveys clause (52.236-16) in a solicitation or contract. It matters to contractors because it applies to fixed-price construction contracts that use unit pricing and pay based on quantity surveys, and it explains when the clause's Alternate is used instead.

Applies to: Contracting officers handling fixed-price construction contracts with unit pricing and quantity-survey-based payment

Key terms: Quantity Surveys · 52.236-16 · fixed-price construction contract · unit pricing · Alternate

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The text

The contracting officer may insert the clause at 52.236-16, Quantity Surveys, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract providing for unit pricing of items and for payment based on quantity surveys is contemplated. If it is determined at a level above that of the contracting officer that it is impracticable for Government personnel to perform the original and final surveys, and the Government wishes the contractor to perform these surveys, the clause shall be used with its Alternate.

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 36.515 Schedules for construction contracts. · 36.517 Layout of work. →

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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