FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 37: Service Contracting › Subpart 37.3
FAR 37.301 Labor standards.
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 says that contracts for dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements must follow either the Service Contract Labor Standards statute or the Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute. Which one applies depends on whether further construction, alteration, or repair work at the same location is planned. If no such further work is contemplated, the Service Contract Labor Standards statute applies; if further construction work is intended, even under a separate contract, the Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute applies.
Applies to: Contracts for dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements
Key terms: Service Contract Labor Standards · Construction Wage Rate Requirements · dismantling · demolition · removal of improvements
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
Contracts for dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements are subject to either 41 U.S.C. chapter 67, Service Contract Labor Standards, or 40 U.S.C. chapter 31, subchapter IV, Wage Rate Requirements (Construction). If the contract is solely for dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements, the Service Contract Labor Standards statute applies unless further work which will result in the construction, alteration, or repair of a public building or public work at that location is contemplated. If such further construction work is intended, even though by separate contract, then the Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute applies to the contract for dismantling, demolition, or removal.
← 37.300 Scope of subpart. · 37.302 Bonds or other security. →
Rule changes for FAR Part 37
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 6, 7, 10, 18, 26, 37, and 41 ↗ · proposed 2026-06-23 · comments due 2026-07-23
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition ↗ · proposed 2025-01-15 · comments due 2025-03-17
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Sustainable Procurement ↗ · final rule 2024-04-22 · effective 2024-05-22
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.