FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 47: Transportation › Subpart 47.3
FAR 47.305 Solicitation provisions, contract clauses, and transportation factors.
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 the contracting officer to coordinate transportation factors with the transportation office during planning, solicitation, and award. It also directs activities to schedule deliveries, when feasible, to save transportation costs and reduce carrier energy consumption.
Applies to: Contracting officers and activities involved in acquisitions with transportation factors
What it requires
- Coordinate transportation factors with the transportation office during planning, solicitation, and award phases
- Schedule deliveries to effect transportation cost savings and energy reductions to the extent feasible
Key terms: contracting officer · transportation office · transportation factors · deliveries · carriers
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) The contracting officer shall coordinate transportation factors with the transportation office during the planning, solicitation, and award phases of the acquisition process (see 47.105).
(b) To the extent feasible, activities shall schedule deliveries to effect savings in transportation costs, and concomitant reductions in energy consumption by carriers (see 47.305-7 and 47.305-8 for specific possibilities).
Sections it refers to
Sections that refer to it
- 14.201-8 Price-related factors.
← 47.304-5 Exceptions. · 47.305-1 Solicitation requirements. →
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.