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

FAR 52.247-15 Contractor Responsibility for Loading and Unloading.

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 makes the contractor responsible for loading and unloading shipments at no extra cost to the Government, unless the contract specifies store-door or inside delivery. The Government or its agent only places or receives freight at the tailgate of the contractor's vehicle, and the contractor must handle shoring, blocking, bracing, and dunnage when loading is the contractor's job.

Applies to: Contractors providing transportation or transportation-related services who are responsible for loading and unloading shipments

What it requires

  • Load and unload shipments at no additional expense to the Government, unless the contract specifies store-door or inside delivery
  • Perform all shoring, blocking, and bracing if loading is the Contractor's responsibility
  • Provide dunnage at the Contractor's expense

Key terms: tailgate delivery · store-door or inside delivery · shoring · blocking · dunnage

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

The text

As prescribed in 47.207-5(e), insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts for transportation or for transportation-related services when the contractor is responsible for loading and unloading shipments:

Contractor Responsibility for Loading and Unloading (APR 1984)

(a)(1) Unless otherwise specified in this contract to cover store-door or inside delivery, the Contractor shall load and unload shipments at no additional expense to the Government.

(2) The Government or its agent will place or receive freight at the tailgate of the Contractor's vehicle. Tailgate delivery, for purposes of this contract, is defined as that which enables a forklift truck or similar equipment, with operator only, to place or remove cargo from the tailgate of the Contractor's vehicle.

(b) If loading is the responsibility of the Contractor, the Contractor shall perform all shoring, blocking, and bracing. The Contractor shall provide dunnage at the Contractor's expense.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 52.247-14 Contractor Responsibility for Receipt of Shipment. · 52.247-16 Contractor Responsibility for Returning Undelivered Freight. →

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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