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

FAR 52.222-49 Service Contract Labor Standards—Place of Performance Unknown.

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 applies when the place of performance for a service contract is unknown at the time the solicitation is issued. It explains that wage determinations may be requested for additional places or areas, and that offerors can still bid even if no wage determination has been attached or requested for their intended place of performance. If a wage determination is later incorporated, it applies retroactively to the contract award date with no change in contract price.

Applies to: Service contracts where the place of performance is unknown when the solicitation is issued

What it requires

  • The Contracting Officer will request wage determinations for additional places or areas if asked in writing by the specified time and date.
  • A wage determination shall be requested and incorporated in the resultant contract retroactive to the date of contract award, with no adjustment in contract price.

Key terms: Service Contract Labor Standards statute · wage determination · place of performance · solicitation · contract award

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

The text

As prescribed in 22.1006(f), insert the following clause:

Service Contract Labor Standards—Place of Performance Unknown (MAY 2014)

(a) This contract is subject to the Service Contract Labor Standards statute, and the place of performance was unknown when the solicitation was issued. In addition to places or areas identified in wage determinations, if any, attached to the solicitation, wage determinations have also been requested for the following: ______ (insert places or areas). The Contracting Officer will request wage determinations for additional places or areas of performance if asked to do so in writing by ______ (insert time and date).

(b) Offerors who intend to perform in a place or area of performance for which a wage determination has not been attached or requested may nevertheless submit bids or proposals. However, a wage determination shall be requested and incorporated in the resultant contract retroactive to the date of contract award, and there shall be no adjustment in the contract price.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

  • 22.1006 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

Sections that refer to it

  • 22.1006 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
  • 22.1009-4 All possible places of performance not identified.

← 52.222-48 Exemption From Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment—Certification. · 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons. →

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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