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

FAR 52.247-11 Net Weight—Household Goods or Office Furniture.

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 explains how to calculate the net weight of household goods or office furniture shipments under a transportation contract. For full loads, net weight is the loaded vehicle weight minus the empty vehicle weight, both measured by a certified weighmaster on a certified scale. For part loads, each successive load's net weight is figured by subtracting the previous gross weight from the new gross weight.

Applies to: Contracts for transportation or transportation-related services involving Government employees' household goods or Government office relocations

What it requires

  • Have a certified weighmaster weigh the empty vehicle on a certified scale with all equipment inside
  • Have a certified weighmaster weigh the fully loaded vehicle on a certified scale before arrival at destination
  • For part loads, use the previous gross weight as the tare weight for the next part load
  • Attach the original copy of each weight certificate to the invoice for services

Key terms: net weight · tare weight · gross weight · certified weighmaster · certified scale

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

The text

As prescribed in 47.207-4(b), insert the following clause in contracts for transportation or for transportation-related services when movements of Government employees' household goods or relocations of Government offices are involved:

Net Weight—Household Goods or Office Furniture (APR 1984)

(a) Net weight—full loads. The net weight of the shipment shall be determined by deducting the tare weight of the vehicle (determined by having a certified weighmaster weigh on a certified scale the empty vehicle with all blankets, pads, chains, dollies, hand trucks, and all other necessary equipment inside the vehicle) from the gross weight of the vehicle (determined by having a certified weighmaster weigh on a certified scale the fully loaded vehicle before arrival at destination).

(b) Net weight—part loads. The net weight of the first part load shall be determined in the same manner as specified for a full load. The net weight of the second part load shall be determined by using as the tare weight of the vehicle the gross weight of the vehicle containing the first part load and deducting this weight from the new gross weight (determined by having the loaded vehicle weighed again, in the same manner as specified for the full load). The same procedure shall apply for each succeeding part load.

(c) Weight certificates. The contractor shall attach the original copy of each weight certificate to the invoice for services.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 52.247-10 Net Weight—General Freight. · 52.247-12 Supervision, Labor, or Materials. →

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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