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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 4: Administrative and Information Matters › Subpart 4.17

FAR 4.1704 Contracting officer responsibilities.

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 which service-reporting clause they must include in solicitations, contracts, and orders, depending on whether the contract is indefinite-delivery or not. It also says that if a contractor does not submit its report on time, the contracting officer must apply contractual remedies and record the failure in the contractor's performance information.

Applies to: Contracting officers handling service contracts and orders

What it requires

  • Ensure 52.204-14 is included in solicitations, contracts, and orders for other than indefinite-delivery contracts
  • Ensure 52.204-15 is included in solicitations and contracts for indefinite-delivery contracts
  • Verify the clause's inclusion in the contract at the order level
  • Exercise appropriate contractual remedies and record the failure in performance information if the contractor fails to submit a report timely

Key terms: indefinite-delivery contracts · 52.204-14 · 52.204-15 · contractual remedies · performance information

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

The text

(a) For other than indefinite-delivery contracts, the contracting officer shall ensure that 52.204-14, Service Reporting Requirement, is included in solicitations, contracts, and orders as prescribed at 4.1705. For indefinite-delivery contracts, the contracting officer who awarded the contract shall ensure that 52.204-15, Service Contract Reporting Requirements for Indefinite-Delivery Contracts, is included in solicitations and contracts as prescribed at 4.1705. The contracting officer at the order level shall verify the clause's inclusion in the contract.

(b) If the contractor fails to submit a report in a timely manner, the contracting officer shall exercise appropriate contractual remedies. In addition, the contracting officer shall make the contractor's failure to comply with the reporting requirements a part of the contractor's performance information under subpart 42.15.

Sections it refers to

  • 52.204-14 Service Contract Reporting Requirements.
  • 4.1705 Contract clauses.
  • 52.204-15 Service Contract Reporting Requirements for Indefinite-Delivery Contracts.

← 4.1703 Reporting requirements. · 4.1705 Contract clauses. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 4

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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