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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 42: Contract Administration and Audit Services › Subpart 42.13

FAR 42.1301 General.

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 introduces rules for when the Government suspends work or causes a work stoppage during contract performance. It also covers settling contractor claims for unordered Government-caused delays not otherwise addressed in the contract. It matters because it tells contractors that clauses exist to handle these situations and claims.

Applies to: Government contracts during performance

Key terms: suspension of work · work stoppage · unordered Government caused delays · contractor claims

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

The text

Situations may occur during contract performance that cause the Government to order a suspension of work, or a work stoppage. This subpart provides clauses to meet these situations and a clause for settling contractor claims for unordered Government caused delays that are not otherwise covered in the contract.

← 42.1205 Agreement to recognize contractor's change of name. · 42.1302 Suspension of work. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 42

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

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