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

FAR 52.249-1 Termination for Convenience of the Government (Fixed-Price) (Short Form).

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 lets the Contracting Officer end the contract, fully or partly, by written notice when the Government decides it is in its interest. If that happens, the parties' rights, duties, obligations, and the Contractor's compensation follow Part 49 of the FAR as it existed on the contract date. It matters because the Government can stop your work before completion, and your recovery is governed by Part 49 rather than this short clause.

Applies to: Fixed-price Government contracts that include this clause

Key terms: Termination for Convenience · Contracting Officer · written notice · part 49 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation · revest

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

The text

As prescribed in 49.502(a)(1), insert the following clause:

Termination for Convenience of the Government (Fixed-Price) (Short Form) (APR 1984)

The Contracting Officer, by written notice, may terminate this contract, in whole or in part, when it is in the Government's interest. If this contract is terminated, the rights, duties, and obligations of the parties, including compensation to the Contractor, shall be in accordance with part 49 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation in effect on the date of this contract.

(End of clause)

Alternate I (APR 1984). If the contract is for dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements, designate the basic clause as paragraph (a) and add the following paragraph (b):

(b) Upon receipt of the termination notice, if title to property is vested in the Contractor under this contract, it shall revest in the Government regardless of any other clause of the contract, except for property that the Contractor (a) disposed of by bona fide sale or (b) removed from the site.

Sections it refers to

  • 49.502 Termination for convenience of the Government.

Sections that refer to it

  • 49.502 Termination for convenience of the Government.

← 52.248-3 Value Engineering—Construction. · 52.249-2 Termination for Convenience of the Government (Fixed-Price). →

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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