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

FAR 52.211-11 Liquidated Damages—Supplies, Services, or Research and Development.

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 makes a contractor pay a set dollar amount for each calendar day its delivery or performance is late, instead of the Government having to prove actual damages. If the Government terminates for default, the contractor can also owe liquidated damages until similar supplies or services are reasonably obtained, on top of repurchase excess costs. No liquidated damages are charged when the delay is beyond the contractor's control and without its fault or negligence.

Applies to: Contractors under solicitations and contracts for supplies, services, or research and development that include this clause

What it requires

  • Deliver the supplies or perform the services within the time specified in the contract
  • Pay the Government liquidated damages per calendar day of delay if delivery or performance is late
  • Pay liquidated damages accruing until the Government reasonably obtains similar delivery or performance if the contract is terminated for default

Key terms: liquidated damages · calendar day of delay · Default—Fixed-Price Supply and Service clause · excess costs of repurchase · beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of the Contractor

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

The text

As prescribed in 11.503(a), insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts:

Liquidated Damages—Supplies, Services, or Research and Development (SEP 2000)

(a) If the Contractor fails to deliver the supplies or perform the services within the time specified in this contract, the Contractor shall, in place of actual damages, pay to the Government liquidated damages of $__ per calendar day of delay [Contracting Officer insert amount].

(b) If the Government terminates this contract in whole or in part under the Default—Fixed-Price Supply and Service clause, the Contractor is liable for liquidated damages accruing until the Government reasonably obtains delivery or performance of similar supplies or services. These liquidated damages are in addition to excess costs of repurchase under the Termination clause.

(c) The Contractor will not be charged with liquidated damages when the delay in delivery or performance is beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of the Contractor as defined in the Default—Fixed-Price Supply and Service clause in this contract.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 52.211-10 Commencement, Prosecution, and Completion of Work. · 52.211-12 Liquidated Damages—Construction. →

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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