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

FAR 52.249-12 Termination (Personal Services).

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 Government end a personal-services contract at any time with at least 15 days' written notice from the Contracting Officer. The Contractor may also end the contract with at least 15 days' written notice, but only if the Contracting Officer consents in writing.

Applies to: Solicitations and contracts for personal services

What it requires

  • Give at least 15 days' written notice to terminate
  • Obtain the Contracting Officer's written consent before the Contractor terminates

Key terms: personal services · Contracting Officer · Contractor · written notice · terminate

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

The text

As prescribed in 49.505(a), insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts for personal services (see part 37):

Termination (Personal Services) (APR 1984)

The Government may terminate this contract at any time upon at least 15 days' written notice by the Contracting Officer to the Contractor. The Contractor, with the written consent of the Contracting Officer, may terminate this contract upon at least 15 days' written notice to the Contracting Officer.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

  • 49.505 Other termination clauses.

Sections that refer to it

← 52.249-11 [Reserved] · 52.249-13 [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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