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

FAR 52.236-1 Performance of Work by the Contractor.

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 perform a minimum percentage of the contract work on site using its own organization. The specific percentage is filled in when the clause is included in a contract. The percentage can only be reduced through a supplemental agreement if the contractor requests it and the contracting officer determines the reduction benefits the Government.

Applies to: Contractors performing construction or similar work under contracts that include this clause

What it requires

  • Perform on site, with its own organization, work equal to at least the stated percentage of the total contract work
  • Request a reduction through a supplemental agreement if seeking to lower the percentage

Key terms: on the site · own organization · supplemental agreement · Contracting Officer

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

The text

As prescribed in 36.501(b), insert the following clause: [Complete the clause by inserting the appropriate percentage consistent with the complexity and magnitude of the work and customary or necessary specialty subcontracting (see 36.501(a)).]

Performance of Work by the Contractor (APR 1984)

The Contractor shall perform on the site, and with its own organization, work equivalent to at least ____ [insert the appropriate number in words followed by numerals in parentheses] percent of the total amount of work to be performed under the contract. This percentage may be reduced by a supplemental agreement to this contract if, during performing the work, the Contractor requests a reduction and the Contracting Officer determines that the reduction would be to the advantage of the Government.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

  • 36.501 Performance of work by the contractor.

Sections that refer to it

  • 36.213-3 Invitations for bids.
  • 36.501 Performance of work by the contractor.

← 52.235 [Reserved] · 52.236-2 Differing Site Conditions. →

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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