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

FAR 36.521 Specifications and drawings for construction.

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 Specifications and Drawings for Construction clause in solicitations and contracts. It matters to contractors because it determines whether that clause, and its alternates for record drawings, will appear in a fixed-price construction or dismantling/demolition/removal contract.

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

What it requires

  • Insert the clause at 52.236-21 in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction or dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contract is contemplated and the contract amount is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold
  • When the Government needs record drawings, use the clause with Alternate I if reproducible shop drawings are needed, or with Alternate II if reproducible shop drawings are not needed

Key terms: 52.236-21 · Specifications and Drawings for Construction · simplified acquisition threshold · Alternate I · Alternate II

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 52.236-21, Specifications and Drawings for Construction, 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. When the Government needs record drawings, the contracting officer shall (a) use the clause with its Alternate I, if reproducible shop drawings are needed, or (b) use the clause with its Alternate II, if reproducible shop drawings are not needed.

Sections it refers to

  • 52.236-21 Specifications and Drawings for Construction.

Sections that refer to it

  • 52.236-21 Specifications and Drawings for Construction.

← 36.520 Contracting by negotiation. · 36.522 Preconstruction conference. →

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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