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

FAR 52.237-2 Protection of Government Buildings, Equipment, and Vegetation.

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 a contractor performing services on a Government installation to use reasonable care to avoid damaging existing buildings, equipment, and vegetation. If damage results from a failure to use reasonable care, the contractor must repair or replace it at its own expense as the Contracting Officer directs, or be liable for the cost, which may be deducted from the contract price.

Applies to: Contractors performing services on Government installations, unless a construction contract is contemplated

What it requires

  • Use reasonable care to avoid damaging existing buildings, equipment, and vegetation on the Government installation
  • Replace or repair damage caused by failure to use reasonable care at no expense to the Government, as the Contracting Officer directs

Key terms: reasonable care · Government installation · Contracting Officer · contract price

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

The text

As prescribed in 37.110(b), insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts for services to be performed on Government installations, unless a construction contract is contemplated:

Protection of Government Buildings, Equipment, and Vegetation (APR 1984)

The Contractor shall use reasonable care to avoid damaging existing buildings, equipment, and vegetation on the Government installation. If the Contractor's failure to use reasonable care causes damage to any of this property, the Contractor shall replace or repair the damage at no expense to the Government as the Contracting Officer directs. If the Contractor fails or refuses to make such repair or replacement, the Contractor shall be liable for the cost, which may be deducted from the contract price.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

  • 37.110 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

Sections that refer to it

  • 37.110 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

← 52.237-1 Site Visit. · 52.237-3 Continuity of Services. →

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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