FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 42: Contract Administration and Audit Services › Subpart 42.11
FAR 42.1107 Contract clause.
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 Production Progress Reports clause in a solicitation or contract. It applies when production progress reporting is required, but not for construction contracts or Federal Supply Schedule contracts. If the clause is used, the contracting officer must also put reporting instructions in the Schedule.
Applies to: Contracting officers handling solicitations and contracts that require production progress reporting
What it requires
- Insert the clause at 52.242-2, Production Progress Reports, in solicitations and contracts when production progress reporting is required
- Do not insert the clause if a construction contract or a Federal Supply Schedule contract is contemplated
- When the clause is used, specify appropriate reporting instructions in the Schedule
Key terms: Production Progress Reports · 52.242-2 · Schedule · construction contract · Federal Supply Schedule contract
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.242-2, Production Progress Reports, in solicitations and contracts when production progress reporting is required; unless a construction contract, or a Federal Supply Schedule contract is contemplated.
(b) When the clause at 52.242-2 is used, the contracting officer shall specify appropriate reporting instructions in the Schedule (see 42.1106(a)).
← 42.1106 Reporting requirements. · 42.1200 Scope of subpart. →
Rule changes for FAR Part 42
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · final rule 2025-08-27 · effective 2025-10-01
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition ↗ · proposed 2025-01-15 · comments due 2025-03-17
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Controlled Unclassified Information ↗ · proposed 2025-01-15 · comments due 2025-03-17
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Subcontracting to Puerto Rican and Covered Territory Small Businesses ↗ · final rule 2025-01-03 · effective 2025-01-17
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · proposed 2024-11-29 · comments due 2025-01-28
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Subcontracting to Puerto Rican and Covered Territory Small Businesses ↗ · proposed 2024-06-07 · comments due 2024-08-06
- 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.