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

FAR 52.236-19 Organization and Direction of the Work.

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 requires the contractor to submit an organization chart showing who will be employed on the contract and their duties, and to keep that information current. It also requires the work to be directed full-time by the contractor, a principal partner, or a senior officer, unless the Contracting Officer approves a different representative.

Applies to: Contractors on cost-reimbursement construction contracts

What it requires

  • Submit a chart to the Contracting Officer showing the general executive and administrative organization, personnel to be employed on the contract, and their duties
  • Keep the submitted data current by supplementing it as additional information becomes available
  • Ensure work performance is under the full-time resident direction of the contractor, a principal partner, or a senior officer, unless the Contracting Officer approves another representative

Key terms: Contracting Officer · cost-reimbursement construction contract · full-time resident direction · principal partners · senior officers

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

The text

As prescribed in 36.519, insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts when a cost-reimbursement construction contract is contemplated:

Organization and Direction of the Work (APR 1984)

(a) When this contract is executed, the Contractor shall submit to the Contracting Officer a chart showing the general executive and administrative organization, the personnel to be employed in connection with the work under this contract, and their respective duties. The Contractor shall keep the data furnished current by supplementing it as additional information becomes available.

(b) Work performance under this contract shall be under the full-time resident direction of: (1) the Contractor, if the Contractor is an individual; (2) one or more principal partners, if the Contractor is a partnership; or (3) one or more senior officers, if Contractor is a corporation, association, or similar legal entity. However, if the Contracting Officer approves, the Contractor may be represented in the direction of the work by a specific person or persons holding positions other than those identified in this paragraph.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

  • 36.519 Organization and direction of the work.

Sections that refer to it

  • 36.519 Organization and direction of the work.

← 52.236-18 Work Oversight in Cost-Reimbursement Construction Contracts. · 52.236-20 [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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