FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 47: Transportation › Subpart 47.3
FAR 47.301 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 explains that transportation and traffic management factors matter when awarding and administering contracts, so that acquisitions are most advantageous to the Government and supplies arrive in good order, on time, at the right place. It also lists steps the requiring activity must take to consider transportation factors and give the contracting office the needed information and instructions.
Applies to: The requiring activity and contracting offices involved in acquisitions
What it requires
- Consider all transportation factors, including present and future requirements, positioning of supplies, and subsequent distribution to the extent known or ascertainable
- Provide the contracting office with information and instructions reflecting transportation factors applicable to the particular acquisition
Key terms: transportation and traffic management factors · requiring activity · contracting office · acquisition
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The text
(a) Transportation and traffic management factors are important in awarding and administering contracts to ensure that (1) acquisitions are made on the basis most advantageous to the Government and (2) supplies arrive in good order and condition and on time at the required place. (See 47.104 for possible reduced transportation rates for Government shipments).
(b) The requiring activity shall—
(1) Consider all transportation factors including present and future requirements, positioning of supplies, and subsequent distribution to the extent known or ascertainable; and
(2) Provide the contracting office with information and instructions reflecting transportation factors applicable to the particular acquisition.
Sections it refers to
- 47.104 Government rate tenders under sections 10721 and 13712 of the Interstate Commerce Act (49 U.S.C. 10721 and 13712).
← 47.300 Scope of subpart. · 47.301-1 Responsibilities of contracting officers. →
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.