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

FAR 42.1305 Contract clauses.

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 suspension- and delay-related clauses to put into certain solicitations and contracts. It matters to contractors because it determines whether clauses like Suspension of Work, Stop-Work Order, or Government Delay of Work will appear in their contract based on the contract type and what is being bought.

Applies to: Contracting officers and contractors under fixed-price or cost-reimbursement contracts for construction, architect-engineer services, supplies, services, or research and development.

Key terms: Suspension of Work · Stop-Work Order · Government Delay of Work · fixed-price contract · cost-reimbursement 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 52.242-14, Suspension of Work, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction or architect-engineer contract is contemplated.

(b)(1) The contracting officer may, when contracting by negotiation, insert the clause at 52.242-15, Stop-Work Order, in solicitations and contracts for supplies, services, or research and development.

(2) If a cost-reimbursement contract is contemplated, the contracting officer shall use the clause with its Alternate I.

(c) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.242-17, Government Delay of Work, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price contract is contemplated for supplies other than commercial or modified-commercial products. The clause use is optional when a fixed-price contract is contemplated for services, or for supplies that are commercial or modified-commercial products.

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 42.1304 Government delay of work. · 42.1500 Scope of subpart. →

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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