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195 sections with “Contractor liability”: the first 40

  • FAR 52.247-21 Contractor Liability for Personal Injury and/or Property Damage.
    …n solicitations and contracts for transportation or for transportation-related services: Contractor Liability for Personal Injury and/or Property Damage (APR 1984) (a) The Contractor assumes responsibility for all damage or injury to pers…
  • FAR 52.247-23 Contractor Liability for Loss of and/or Damage to Household Goods.
    As prescribed in 47.207-7(e), insert the following clause: Contractor Liability for Loss of and/or Damage to Household Goods (JAN 1991) (a) Except when loss and/or damage arise out of causes beyond the control and without the fault or neg…
  • DFARS 252.247-7016 Contractor liability for loss or damage.
    As prescribed in 247.271-3(d), use the following clause: Contractor Liability for Loss or Damage (DEC 1991) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Article means any shipping piece or package and its contents. Schedule means the level …
  • FAR 52.247-22 Contractor Liability for Loss of and/or Damage to Freight Other Than Household Goods.
    …olicitations 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 b…
  • FAR 45.104 Responsibility and liability for Government property.
    (a) Generally, contractors are not held liable for loss of Government property under the following types of contracts: (1) Cost-reimbursement contracts. (2) Time-and-material contracts. (3) Labor-hour contracts. (4) Fixed-price contract…
  • FAR 47.207-7 Liability and insurance.
    (a) The contracting officer shall specify— (1) The contractor's liability for injury to persons or damage to property other than the freight being transported; (2) The contractor's liability for loss of and/or damage to the freight being …
  • DFARS 252.228-7007 Public Aircraft and State Aircraft Operations—Liability.
    … Upon award, for contract performance to be conducted as a public aircraft operation, the Contractor shall be bound by the operating procedures contained in the combined regulation/instruction entitled “Contractor's Flight and Ground Operat…
  • FAR 45.105 Contractors' property management system compliance.
    (a) The agency responsible for contract administration shall conduct an analysis of the contractor's property management policies, procedures, practices, and systems. This analysis shall be accomplished as frequently as conditions warrant, …
  • FAR 52.225-19 Contractor Personnel in a Designated Operational Area or Supporting a Diplomatic or Consular Mission Outside the United States.
    As prescribed in 25.301-4, insert the following clause: Contractor Personnel in a Designated Operational Area or Supporting a Diplomatic or Consular Mission Outside the United States (MAY 2020) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Ch…
  • FAR 52.228-7 Insurance—Liability to Third Persons.
    … Persons (MAR 1996) (a)(1) Except as provided in subparagraph (a)(2) of this clause, the Contractor shall provide and maintain workers' compensation, employer's liability, comprehensive general liability (bodily injury), comprehensive auto…
  • FAR 52.228-8 Liability and Insurance—Leased Motor Vehicles.
    …cept for (i) normal wear and tear and (ii) loss or damage caused by the negligence of the Contractor, its agents, or employees; and (2) Property of third persons, or the injury or death of third persons, if the Government is liable for suc…
  • FAR 52.237-7 Indemnification and Medical Liability Insurance.
    …cquisition Regulation (FAR) 37.101, under which the professional services rendered by the Contractor are rendered in its capacity as an independent contractor. The Government may evaluate the quality of professional and administrative servi…
  • FAR 52.241-5 Contractor's Facilities.
    As prescribed in 41.501(c)(4), insert a clause substantially the same as the following: Contractor's Facilities (FEB 1995) (a) The Contractor, at its expense, unless otherwise provided for in this contract, shall furnish, install, operate…
  • FAR 52.246-23 Limitation of Liability.
    …and (c) below, and except for remedies expressly provided elsewhere in this contract, the Contractor shall not be liable for loss of or damage to property of the Government (excluding the supplies delivered under this contract) that (1) occ…
  • FAR 52.246-24 Limitation of Liability—High-Value Items.
    …aphs (b) through (e) below, and notwithstanding any other provision of this contract, the Contractor shall not be liable for loss of or damage to property of the Government (including the supplies delivered under this contract) that (1) occ…
  • FAR 52.246-25 Limitation of Liability—Services.
    …(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) below, and except to the extent that the Contractor is expressly responsible under this contract for deficiencies in the services required to be performed under it (including any materials fu…
  • DFARS 227.7103-10 Contractor identification and marking of technical data to be furnished with restrictive markings.
    …ss Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program, permit the contractor to make additional assertions under certain conditions. The additional assertions must be made in accordance with the procedures and in the…
  • DFARS 227.7108 Contractor data repositories.
    (a) Contractor data repositories may be established when permitted by agency procedures. The contractual instrument establishing the data repository must require, as a minimum, the data repository management contractor to— (1) Establish an…
  • DFARS 227.7203-10 Contractor identification and marking of computer software or computer software documentation to be furnished with restrictive markings.
    …ness Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program, permit a contractor to make additional assertions under certain conditions. If an offeror fails to submit the attachment or fails to complete the attachment in…
  • DFARS 252.204-7014 Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Information by Litigation Support Contractors.
    …lowing clause: Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Information by Litigation Support Contractors (JAN 2023) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Computer software means computer programs, source code, source code listings, object…
  • DFARS 252.217-7012 Liability and insurance.
    …ed in 217.7104(a), use the following clause: Liability and Insurance (AUG 2003) (a) The Contractor shall exercise its best efforts to prevent accidents, injury, or damage to all employees, persons, and property, in and about the work, and…
  • DFARS 252.225-7040 Contractor Personnel Supporting U.S. Armed Forces Deployed Outside the United States.
    As prescribed in 225.371-5(a), use the following clause: Contractor Personnel Supporting U.S. Armed Forces Deployed Outside the United States (Aug 2025) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Combatant Commander means the commander of …
  • DFARS 252.229-7004 Status of contractors as a direct contractor (Spain).
    As prescribed in 229.402-70(d), use the following clause: Status of Contractor as a Director Contractor (Spain) (JUN 1997) (a) “Direct Contractor,” as used in this clause, means an individual, company, or entity with whom an agency of the…
  • DFARS 252.247-7007 Liability and insurance.
    …d in 247.270-4(c), use the following clause: Liability and Insurance (DEC 1991) (a) The Contractor shall be— (1) Liable to the Government for loss or damage to property, real and personal, owned by the Government or for which the Governm…
  • FAR 31.205-47 Costs related to legal and other proceedings.
    …counsel; the costs of the services of accountants, consultants, or others retained by the contractor or subcontractor to assist it; costs of employees, officers, and directors; and any similar costs incurred before, during, and after commen…
  • FAR 46.105 Contractor responsibilities.
    (a) The contractor is responsible for carrying out its obligations under the contract by— (1) Controlling the quality of supplies or services; (2) Tendering to the Government for acceptance only those supplies or services that conform to …
  • FAR 46.803 Policy.
    (a) General. The Government will generally act as a self-insurer by relieving contractors, as specified in this subpart, of liability for loss of or damage to property of the Government that (1) occurs after acceptance of supplies delivered…
  • FAR 49.406 Liquidation of liability.
    The contract provides that the contractor and the surety are liable to the Government for resultant damages. The contracting officer shall use all retained percentages of progress payments previously made to the contractor and any progress …
  • FAR 52.228-10 Vehicular and General Public Liability Insurance.
    … is not sufficient: Vehicular and General Public Liability Insurance (APR 1984) (a) The Contractor, at the Contractor's expense, agrees to maintain, during the continuance of this contract, vehicular liability and general public liability…
  • FAR 52.241-10 Termination Liability.
    …s cost recovery period specified in paragraph (b) of this clause, in consideration of the Contractor furnishing and installing at its expense, the new facility described herein, the Government shall pay termination charges, calculated as se…
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …parts from Government property for use or for installation on other Government property. Contractor-acquired property means property acquired, fabricated, or otherwise provided by the Contractor for performing a contract, and to which the …
  • DFARS 222.302 Liquidated damages and overtime pay.
    …cting officer shall— (1) Immediately withhold such funds as are available; (2) Give the contractor written notification of the withholding and a statement of the basis for the liquidated damages assessment. The written notification shall …
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …nd other related services. Assignment of claims means the transfer or making over by the contractor to a bank, trust company, or other financing institution, as security for a loan to the contractor, of its right to be paid by the Governme…
  • FAR 4.703 Policy.
    (a) Except as stated in 4.703(b), contractors shall make available records, which includes books, documents, accounting procedures and practices, and other data, regardless of type and regardless of whether such items are in written form, i…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …. 657q). When the proposed acquisition strategy involves bundling, identify the incumbent contractors and contracts affected by the bundling. (v) Address the extent and results of the market research and indicate their impact on the variou…
  • FAR 9.403 Definitions.
    … agreement means an agreement between an agency suspending and debarring official and the contractor used to resolve a suspension or debarment proceeding, or a potential suspension or debarment proceeding. Affiliates. (1) Business concerns…
  • FAR 9.406-1 General.
    …nt's interest. The suspending and debarring official may, in the public interest, debar a contractor for any of the causes in 9.406-2, using the procedures in 9.406-3. The existence of a cause for debarment, however, does not necessarily re…
  • FAR 9.406-2 Causes for debarment.
    The suspending and debarring official may debar— (a) A contractor for a conviction of or civil judgment for— (1) Commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with— (i) Obtaining; (ii) Attempting to obtain; or (iii) Performin…
  • FAR 15.404-4 Profit.
    …. (1) Profit or fee prenegotiation objectives do not necessarily represent net income to contractors. Rather, they represent that element of the potential total remuneration that contractors may receive for contract performance over and ab…
  • FAR 16.603-2 Application.
    (a) A letter contract may be used when (1) the Government's interests demand that the contractor be given a binding commitment so that work can start immediately and (2) negotiating a definitive contract is not possible in sufficient time t…

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