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

FAR 52.236-12 Cleaning Up.

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 keep the work area and storage areas free of waste materials at all times. Before finishing, the contractor must remove rubbish, tools, scaffolding, equipment, and non-Government materials, and leave the area clean and orderly to the Contracting Officer's satisfaction.

Applies to: Contractors performing work under a contract that includes this clause

What it requires

  • Keep the work area and storage areas free from accumulations of waste materials at all times
  • Before completing the work, remove rubbish, tools, scaffolding, equipment, and materials not owned by the Government from the work and premises
  • Upon completing the work, leave the work area in a clean, neat, and orderly condition satisfactory to the Contracting Officer

Key terms: work area · storage areas · waste materials · rubbish · Contracting Officer

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

The text

As prescribed in 36.512, insert the following clause:

Cleaning Up (APR 1984)

The Contractor shall at all times keep the work area, including storage areas, free from accumulations of waste materials. Before completing the work, the Contractor shall remove from the work and premises any rubbish, tools, scaffolding, equipment, and materials that are not the property of the Government. Upon completing the work, the Contractor shall leave the work area in a clean, neat, and orderly condition satisfactory to the Contracting Officer.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 52.236-11 Use and Possession Prior to Completion. · 52.236-13 Accident Prevention. →

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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