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

FAR 52.247-22 Contractor Liability for Loss of and/or Damage to Freight Other Than Household Goods.

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 fully liable for goods lost or damaged during the transportation covered by the contract. However, the contractor is not liable when the loss or damage results from causes beyond its control and without its fault or negligence. It matters because it defines when a contractor must pay for freight loss or damage.

Applies to: Contractors transporting freight other than household goods

What it requires

  • Assume full liability for goods lost or damaged in the covered movement, except when the loss or damage arises from causes beyond the contractor's control and without its fault or negligence

Key terms: Contractor liability · loss and/or damage · freight other than household goods · beyond the control · fault or negligence

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The text

As prescribed in 47.207-7(d), insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts for the transportation of freight other than household goods:

Contractor Liability for Loss of and/or Damage to Freight Other Than Household Goods (APR 1984)

Except when loss and/or damage arises out of causes beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of the Contractor, the Contractor shall assume full liability for any and all goods lost and/or damaged in the movement covered by this contract.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 52.247-21 Contractor Liability for Personal Injury and/or Property Damage. · 52.247-23 Contractor Liability for Loss of and/or Damage to Household Goods. →

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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