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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 47: Transportation › Subpart 47.3

FAR 47.303-14 C.i.f. destination.

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 the "c.i.f. destination" delivery term, under which the contractor delivers goods on board the ocean vessel to the specified destination at no expense to the Government, with transportation and marine insurance costs paid by the contractor. It also requires the contractor to obtain and send the Government a marine insurance policy or certificate, and directs contracting officers to include the clause at 52.247-42 when this term is used.

Applies to: Contracts using the c.i.f. destination delivery term

What it requires

  • Pay the cost of transportation and marine insurance
  • Obtain and dispatch to the Government an insurance policy or certificate providing the marine insurance coverage specified in the contract or agreed with the contracting officer

Key terms: c.i.f. destination · marine insurance · delivery term · 52.247-42

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

The text

(a) Explanation of delivery term. C.i.f. (Cost, insurance, freight) destination means free of expense to the Government delivered on board the ocean vessel to the specified point of destination, with the cost of transportation and marine insurance paid by the contractor.

(b) Contractor responsibilities. The contractor's responsibilities are the same as those listed in 47.303-13(b), except that, in addition, the contractor shall obtain and dispatch to the Government an insurance policy or certificate providing the amount and extent of marine insurance coverage specified in the contract or agreed upon by the Government contracting officer.

(c) Contract clause. The contracting officer shall insert in solicitations and contracts the clause at 52.247-42, C.i.f. (Cost, insurance, freight) Destination, when the delivery term is c.i.f. destination.

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 47.303-13 C.& f. destination. · 47.303-15 F.o.b. designated air carrier's terminal, point of exportation. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 47

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

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