48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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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.

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3 sections with “bulk weight basis”

  • DFARS 237.7101 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …count-of-articles basis. (b) Use the provision at 252.237-7013, Instruction to Offerors (Bulk Weight), in solicitations for laundry services to be provided on a bulk weight basis. (c) Use the clause at 252.237-7014, Loss or Damage (Count-…
  • FAR 47.207-3 Description of shipment, origin, and destination.
    …g officer shall include in solicitations— (1) An inventory if the freight consists of nonbulk items; and (2) The freight classification description, which should be obtained from the transportation office. If a freight classification desc…
  • FAR 47.305-6 Shipments to ports and air terminals.
    … vessel per running day of 24 hours (if acquisition involves a commodity to be shipped in bulk); (iv) The minimum leadtime required to make supplies available for loading to vessel; and (v) The port and pier or other designation and, when…

FAR (chapter 1)

DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.