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FAR 47.207-9 Annotation and distribution of shipping and billing documents.
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 the contracting officer to spell out in the contract who is responsible for annotating and distributing shipping and billing documents, including the contractor, the agency, and possibly the consignee. It also requires the contracting officer to insert the Contractor's Invoices clause in drayage or other term contracts. It matters because it defines document-handling duties that can affect how a contractor bills and ships.
Applies to: Contracting officers and contractors involved in shipping and billing document handling
Key terms: annotation · distribution · shipping and billing documents · bills of lading · drayage
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) The contracting officer shall state in detail the responsibilities of the contractor, the contracting agency, and, if appropriate, the consignee for the annotation and distribution of shipping and billing documents. See 41 CFR part 102-118, Transportation Payment and Audit.
(b) In instances of mass movements of freight made available to the contractor at one time, it is particularly important that the contracting officer specifies that bills of lading be cross-referenced so that the Government benefits from applicable volume rates.
(c) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.247-28, Contractor's Invoices, in drayage or other term contracts.
Sections it refers to
- 52.247-28 Contractor's Invoices.
← 47.207-8 Government responsibilities. · 47.207-10 Discrepancies incident to shipments. →
Rule changes for FAR Part 47
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 9, 27, and 47 ↗ · proposed 2026-09-18 · comments due 2026-10-19
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Training To Prevent Human Trafficking for Certain Air Carriers; Correction ↗ · final rule 2024-12-30 · effective 2025-01-03
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Training To Prevent Human Trafficking for Certain Air Carriers ↗ · final rule 2024-12-16 · effective 2025-01-03
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.