FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 47: Transportation › Subpart 47.3
FAR 47.301-2 Participation of transportation officers.
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 requires agencies' transportation officers to take part in the solicitation and evaluation of offers so that transportation factors like costs, transit arrangements, time in transit, and port capabilities are considered. It also requires them to provide traffic management assistance throughout the acquisition cycle. For contractors, this means transportation officers may be involved in reviewing offers and managing transportation aspects of the contract.
Applies to: Agencies' transportation officers
What it requires
- Participate in the solicitation and evaluation of offers to ensure transportation factors are considered and result in solicitations and contracts advantageous to the Government.
- Provide traffic management assistance throughout the acquisition cycle.
Key terms: transportation officers · solicitation · evaluation of offers · transportation factors · traffic management assistance
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
Agencies' transportation officers shall participate in the solicitation and evaluation of offers to ensure that all necessary transportation factors, such as transportation costs, transit arrangements, time in transit, and port capabilities, are considered and result in solicitations and contracts advantageous to the Government. Transportation officers shall provide traffic management assistance throughout the acquisition cycle (see 47.105 Transportation assistance).
Sections it refers to
- 47.105 Transportation assistance.
← 47.301-1 Responsibilities of contracting officers. · 47.301-3 Using the Defense Transportation System (DTS). →
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.