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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 52: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 52.2

FAR 52.208-5 Condition of Leased Vehicles.

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 clause requires that any motor vehicle you lease to the Government be of good quality, in safe operating condition, and compliant with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and applicable State safety regulations. If a vehicle does not comply, the Contracting Officer will notify you in writing, and if you fail to replace it or fix the defects, the Government can correct the problem or lease a similar vehicle and charge you the excess costs, or terminate the contract for default.

Applies to: Contractors leasing motor vehicles to the Government, unless the vehicles are leased in foreign countries

What it requires

  • Furnish each vehicle in good quality and safe operating condition
  • Ensure each vehicle complies with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (49 CFR 571) and applicable State safety regulations
  • Replace the vehicle or correct defects as required by the Contracting Officer

Key terms: good quality · safe operating condition · Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards · State safety regulations · Default clause

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

The text

As prescribed in 8.1104(b), insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts for leasing motor vehicles, unless the motor vehicles are leased in foreign countries:

Condition of Leased Vehicles (APR 1984)

Each vehicle furnished under this contract shall be of good quality and in safe operating condition, and shall comply with the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (49 CFR 571) and State safety regulations applicable to the vehicle. The Government shall accept or reject the vehicles promptly after receipt. If the Contracting Officer determines that any vehicle furnished is not in compliance with this contract, the Contracting Officer shall promptly inform the Contractor in writing. If the Contractor fails to replace the vehicle or correct the defects as required by the Contracting Officer, the Government may (a) by contract or otherwise, correct the defect or arrange for the lease of a similar vehicle and shall charge or set off against the Contractor any excess costs occasioned thereby, or (b) terminate the contract under the Default clause of this contract.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 52.208-4 Vehicle Lease Payments. · 52.208-6 Marking of Leased Vehicles. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 52

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

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