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

FAR 47.304-4 Shipments originating outside CONUS.

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 how to buy supplies that originate outside the continental United States (CONUS) but will be delivered to CONUS or elsewhere. The purchase must be made on an f.o.b. origin or f.o.b. destination basis, whichever is more advantageous to the Government, unless there are valid reasons not to do so. The contracting officer must also get advice from the transportation officer to decide the best place of delivery.

Applies to: Acquisitions of supplies originating outside CONUS for delivery to CONUS or elsewhere

What it requires

  • Acquire supplies on an f.o.b. origin or f.o.b. destination basis, whichever is more advantageous to the Government, unless there are valid reasons to the contrary
  • Request the advice of the transportation officer to determine the most appropriate place of delivery to specify in acquisition documents

Key terms: CONUS · f.o.b. origin · f.o.b. destination · contracting officer · transportation officer

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

The text

(a) Unless there are valid reasons to the contrary (see 47.304-5), acquisition of supplies originating outside CONUS for ultimate delivery to destinations within CONUS or elsewhere, regardless of the quantity of the shipments, shall be on the basis of f.o.b. origin or f.o.b. destination, whichever is more advantageous to the Government.

(b) The contracting officer shall request the advice of the transportation officer to determine the most appropriate place of delivery to be specified in acquisition documents, giving full consideration to the possible use of Government transportation facilities, reduced rates available, special licensing or custom requirements, and availability of U.S.-flag shipping services between the points involved (see subpart 47.5).

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

  • 47.302 Place of delivery—f.o.b. point.

← 47.304-3 Shipments from CONUS for overseas delivery. · 47.304-5 Exceptions. →

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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