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

FAR 52.247-62 Specific Quantities Unknown.

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 is used when the Government knows the total amount of goods and the destinations, but not exactly how much will go to each place. It allows transportation costs to be adjusted if the actual quantities shipped to each destination differ from the estimates, protecting both parties. It matters because it keeps pricing fair when shipment quantities are uncertain.

Applies to: Solicitations and contracts where total requirements and destinations are known but specific quantities per destination cannot be predetermined

Key terms: f.o.b. destination · transportation costs · adjustment · estimated quantity

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

The text

As prescribed in 47.305-16(d)(2), insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts when total requirements and destinations to which shipments will be made are known, but the specific quantity to be shipped to each destination cannot be predetermined. This clause protects the interests of both the Government and the contractor during the course of the performance of the contract.

Specific Quantities Unknown (APR 1984)

(a) For the purpose of evaluating f.o.b. destination offers, the Government estimates that the quantity specified will be shipped to the destinations indicated:

(b) If the quantity shipped to each destination varies from the quantity estimated, and if the variation results in a change in the transportation costs, appropriate adjustment shall be made.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 52.247-61 F.o.b. Origin—Minimum Size of Shipments. · 52.247-63 Preference for U.S.-Flag Air Carriers. →

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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