SpendQueryBeta

FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 49: Termination of Contracts › Subpart 49.5

FAR 49.505 Other termination clauses.

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 which termination clauses to include in certain solicitations and contracts. It matters to contractors because it determines whether clauses like Termination (Personal Services) or Excusable Delays will appear in their contract. It also notes that no clause is prescribed for cancelling or terminating orders under communication service contracts with common carriers, leaving that to agency-level rules.

Applies to: Contracting officers and contractors in personal services, cost-reimbursement, time-and-material, labor-hour, and communication service contracts

What it requires

  • Insert the clause at 52.249-12, Termination (Personal Services), in solicitations and contracts for personal services.
  • Insert the clause at 52.249-14, Excusable Delays, in solicitations and contracts for supplies, services, construction, and research and development on a fee basis when a cost-reimbursement contract is contemplated.
  • Insert the Excusable Delays clause in time-and-material contracts and labor-hour contracts.

Key terms: Personal service contracts · Excusable delays · Cost-reimbursement contract · Time-and-material contracts · Labor-hour contracts

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

The text

(a) Personal service contracts. The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.249-12, Termination (Personal Services), in solicitations and contracts for personal services (see Part 37).

(b) Excusable delays. The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.249-14, Excusable Delays, in solicitations and contracts for supplies, services, construction, and research and development on a fee basis, when a cost-reimbursement contract is contemplated. The contracting officer shall also insert the clause in time-and-material contracts, and labor-hour contracts.

(c) Communication service contracts. This regulation does not prescribe a clause for the cancellation or termination of orders under communication service contracts with common carriers because of special agency requirements that apply to these services. An appropriate clause, however, shall be prescribed at agency level, within those agencies contracting for these services.

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

  • 49.502 Termination for convenience of the Government.
  • 49.603 Formats for termination for convenience settlement agreements.
  • 52.249-12 Termination (Personal Services).
  • 52.249-14 Excusable Delays.

← 49.504 Termination of fixed-price contracts for default. · 49.601 Notice of termination for convenience. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 49

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

FAR 49.505 Other termination clauses · SpendQuery