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

FAR 52.236-18 Work Oversight in Cost-Reimbursement Construction Contracts.

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 to cost-reimbursement construction contracts and states that the Contractor's work is subject to the general supervision, direction, control, and approval of the Contracting Officer. It matters because it confirms the Contracting Officer's oversight role over the extent and character of the work.

Applies to: Contractors performing cost-reimbursement construction contracts

Key terms: Contracting Officer · cost-reimbursement construction contracts · general supervision · direction · control

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

The text

As prescribed in 36.518, insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts when cost-reimbursement construction contracts are contemplated:

Work Oversight in Cost-Reimbursement Construction Contracts (APR 1984)

The extent and character of the work to be done by the Contractor shall be subject to the general supervision, direction, control, and approval of the Contracting Officer.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

  • 36.518 Work oversight in cost-reimbursement construction contracts.

Sections that refer to it

  • 36.518 Work oversight in cost-reimbursement construction contracts.

← 52.236-17 Layout of Work. · 52.236-19 Organization and Direction of the Work. →

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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