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

FAR 52.247-53 Freight Classification Description.

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 provision asks offerors to provide the freight classification description they use for commercial shipments of the supplies being acquired. The Government will use that description, along with other information, to determine the classification it deems most appropriate and advantageous. If an f.o.b. origin contract is awarded, shipments must conform to the Government's chosen classification, which may differ from what the offeror submitted.

Applies to: Offerors on solicitations for supplies that are new to the supply system, nonstandard, or modifications of previously shipped items, where different freight classifications may apply

What it requires

  • Indicate the full Uniform Freight Classification (rail) description or National Motor Freight Classification description applicable to the supplies, as used for commercial shipment
  • Include in the description the packing of the commodity, container material, unusual shipping dimensions, and other conditions affecting traffic descriptions
  • Understand that shipments on any f.o.b. origin contract awarded from this solicitation will conform to the shipping classification description specified by the Government

Key terms: Uniform Freight Classification (rail) · National Motor Freight Classification · f.o.b. origin · freight classification description · packing

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

The text

As prescribed in 47.305-9(b)(1), insert the following provision in solicitations when the supplies being acquired are new to the supply system, nonstandard, or modifications of previously shipped items, and different freight classifications may apply:

Freight Classification Description (APR 1984)

Offerors are requested to indicate below the full Uniform Freight Classification (rail) description, or the National Motor Freight Classification description applicable to the supplies, the same as offeror uses for commercial shipment. This description should include the packing of the commodity (box, crate, bundle, loose, setup, knocked down, compressed, unwrapped, etc.), the container material (fiberboard, wooden, etc.), unusual shipping dimensions, and other conditions affecting traffic descriptions. The Government will use these descriptions as well as other information available to determine the classification description most appropriate and advantageous to the Government. Offeror understands that shipments on any f.o.b. origin contract awarded, as a result of this solicitation, will be made in conformity with the shipping classification description specified by the Government, which may be different from the classification description furnished below.

(End of provision)

Sections it refers to

  • 47.305-9 Commodity description and freight classification.

Sections that refer to it

  • 47.305-9 Commodity description and freight classification.

← 52.247-52 Clearance and Documentation Requirements—Shipments to DOD Air or Water Terminal Transshipment Points. · 52.247-54 [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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