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FAR 47.305-8 Consolidation of small shipments and the use of stopoff privileges.
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 encourages combining small shipments into larger lots to lower transportation costs, and allows the contracting officer to revise delivery schedules to make that possible. It also directs that, when feasible, deliveries to multiple destinations be consolidated and carrier stopoff privileges used for partial unloading along the route. This matters because it can change how and when your deliveries are scheduled.
Applies to: Contracting officers and contractors involved in scheduling deliveries of supplies
Key terms: consolidation of small shipments · stopoff privileges · carrier tariffs · partial unloading · delivery schedules
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) Consolidation of small shipments. Consolidation of small shipments into larger lots frequently results in lower transportation costs. Therefore, the contracting officer, after consultation with the transportation office and the activity requiring the supplies, may revise the delivery schedules to provide for deliveries in larger quantities.
(b) Stopping for partial unloading. When feasible, schedules for delivery of supplies to multiple destinations shall be consolidated and the stopoff privileges permitted under carrier tariffs shall be used for partial unloading at one or more points directly en route between the point of origin and the last destination.
Sections that refer to it
- 47.305 Solicitation provisions, contract clauses, and transportation factors.
← 47.305-7 Quantity analysis, direct delivery, and reduction of crosshauling and backhauling. · 47.305-9 Commodity description and freight classification. →
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.