FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 47: Transportation › Subpart 47.3
FAR 47.305-2 Solicitations f.o.b. origin and f.o.b. destination—lowest overall cost.
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 structure solicitations when shipping terms may vary. Offers may be requested on an f.o.b. origin basis, an f.o.b. destination basis, or both, and they are evaluated on the lowest overall cost to the Government. When both bases are solicited, a specific solicitation provision must be included.
Applies to: Contracting officers preparing solicitations for supplies
What it requires
- Specify in solicitations, when appropriate, that offers may be f.o.b. origin, f.o.b. destination, or both
- State that offers will be evaluated on the basis of the lowest overall cost to the Government
- Insert the provision at 52.247-45 in solicitations when offers are solicited on both an f.o.b. origin and f.o.b. destination basis
Key terms: f.o.b. origin · f.o.b. destination · lowest overall cost to the Government · 52.247-45
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) Solicitations, when appropriate, shall specify that offers may be f.o.b. origin, f.o.b. destination, or both; and that they will be evaluated on the basis of the lowest overall cost to the Government.
(b) When offers are solicited on the basis of both f.o.b. origin and f.o.b. destination, the contracting officer shall insert in solicitations the provision at 52.247-45, F.o.b. Origin and/or F.o.b. Destination Evaluation.
Sections it refers to
- 52.247-45 F.o.b. Origin and/or F.o.b. Destination Evaluation.
Sections that refer to it
- 52.247-45 F.o.b. Origin and/or F.o.b. Destination Evaluation.
← 47.305-1 Solicitation requirements. · 47.305-3 F.o.b. origin solicitations. →
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.