FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 50: Extraordinary Contractual Actions and the Safety Act › Subpart 50.1
FAR 50.104-4 Contract clause.
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 the contracting officer when to include the clause at 52.250-1, Indemnification Under Public Law 85-804, in a contract. The clause is inserted when the approving official decides the contractor should be indemnified against unusually hazardous or nuclear risks. In cost-reimbursement contracts, the clause must be used with Alternate I.
Applies to: Contracting officers awarding contracts that involve unusually hazardous or nuclear risks
What it requires
- Insert the clause at 52.250-1 in contracts whenever the approving official determines the contractor shall be indemnified against unusually hazardous or nuclear risks
- In cost-reimbursement contracts, use the clause with its Alternate I
Key terms: 52.250-1 · Indemnification Under Public Law 85-804 · unusually hazardous or nuclear risks · Alternate I · cost-reimbursement contracts
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.250-1, Indemnification Under Public Law 85-804, in contracts whenever the approving official determines that the contractor shall be indemnified against unusually hazardous or nuclear risks (also see 50.104-3(b)(3)). In cost-reimbursement contracts, the contracting officer shall use the clause with its Alternate I.
Sections it refers to
Sections that refer to it
- 52.250-1 Indemnification Under Public Law 85-804.
← 50.104-3 Special procedures for unusually hazardous or nuclear risks. · 50.200 Scope of subpart. →
Rule changes for FAR Part 50
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · final rule 2025-08-27 · effective 2025-10-01
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition ↗ · proposed 2025-01-15 · comments due 2025-03-17
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · proposed 2024-11-29 · comments due 2025-01-28
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Limitation of Authority Regarding Extraordinary Contractual Actions ↗ · final rule 2024-07-30 · effective 2024-08-29
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.