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

FAR 52.228-5 Insurance—Work on a Government Installation.

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 the contractor to carry and maintain certain insurance during the entire contract, at its own cost. Before starting work, the contractor must tell the contracting officer in writing that the insurance is in place, and the policies must include a cancellation notice provision. The contractor must also pass these requirements down to subcontractors doing work on a Government installation.

Applies to: Contractors and subcontractors performing work on a Government installation under a contract that includes this clause.

What it requires

  • Provide and maintain the required insurance at your own expense during the entire contract.
  • Notify the Contracting Officer in writing before starting work that the insurance has been obtained.
  • Ensure policies have an endorsement that cancellation or material change is not effective until the longer of state law period or 30 days after written notice to the Contracting Officer.
  • Include the substance of this clause in subcontracts that require work on a Government installation and require subcontractors to maintain the required insurance.

Key terms: Government installation · Contracting Officer · insurance · endorsement · subcontracts

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

The text

As prescribed in 28.310, insert the following clause:

Insurance—Work on a Government Installation (JAN 1997)

(a) The Contractor shall, at its own expense, provide and maintain during the entire performance of this contract, at least the kinds and minimum amounts of insurance required in the schedule or elsewhere in the contract.

(b) Before commencing work under this contract, the Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer in writing that the required insurance has been obtained. The policies evidencing required insurance shall contain an endorsement to the effect that any cancellation or any material change adversely affecting the Government's interest shall not be effective (1) for such period as the laws of the State in which this contract is to be performed prescribe or (2) until 30 days after the insurer or the Contractor gives written notice to the Contracting Officer, whichever period is longer.

(c) The Contractor shall insert the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (c), in subcontracts under this contract that require work on a Government installation and shall require subcontractors to provide and maintain the insurance required in the Schedule or elsewhere in the contract. The Contractor shall maintain a copy of all subcontractors' proofs of required insurance, and shall make copies available to the Contracting Officer upon request.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

  • 28.310 Contract clause for work on a Government installation.

Sections that refer to it

  • 28.306 Insurance under fixed-price contracts.
  • 28.310 Contract clause for work on a Government installation.

← 52.228-4 Workers' Compensation and War-Hazard Insurance Overseas. · 52.228-6 [Reserved] →

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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