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FAR 47.305-11 Options in shipment and delivery.

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 solicitations may include specific options for shipment and delivery, even though the clauses in subpart 43.2 already allow certain changes. It matters because the Government may reserve the right to change destinations, consignees, shipment quantities, or transportation mode from what was originally specified.

Applies to: Government solicitations and contracts involving shipment and delivery

Key terms: options · shipment and delivery · solicitation · contract quantity · transportation rates

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

The text

Although the clauses prescribed in subpart 43.2 allow certain changes to be made in regard to shipment and delivery, it may be desirable to provide specifically for certain options in the solicitation. The Government may reserve the right to—

(a) Direct deliveries of all or part of the contract quantity to destinations or to consignees other than those specified in the solicitation and in the contract;

(b) Direct shipments in quantities that may require transportation rates different from those on which the contract price is based; and

(c) Direct shipments by a mode of transportation other than that stipulated in the solicitation and in the contract.

Sections that refer to it

← 47.305-10 Packing, marking, and consignment instructions. · 47.305-12 Delivery of Government-furnished property. →

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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