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25 sections with “carload”

  • FAR 52.247-59 F.o.b. Origin—Carload and Truckload Shipments.
    …when it is contemplated that they may result in f.o.b. origin contracts with shipments in carloads or truckloads. This will facilitate realistic freight cost evaluations of offers and ensure that contractors produce economical shipments of …
  • FAR 52.247-61 F.o.b. Origin—Minimum Size of Shipments.
    …Minimum Size of Shipments (APR 1984) The Contractor agrees that shipment will be made in carload and truckload lots when the quantity to be delivered to any one destination in any delivery period pursuant to the contract schedule of delive…
  • FAR 47.305-13 Transit arrangements.
    (a) Transit privileges. (1) Transit arrangements permit the stopping of a carload or truckload shipment at a specific intermediate point en route to the final destination for storage, processing, or other purposes, as specified in carrier t…
  • FAR 47.303-17 Contractor-prepaid commercial bills of lading, small package shipments.
    …ve been consolidated initially. The contractor may be authorized to consolidate less-than-carload or less-than-truckload Government shipments with its own shipments so that the Government can take advantage of lower carload or truckload fre…
  • FAR 47.305-5 Destination unknown.
    …shipping weights, the solicitation shall state that subsequent shipments shall be made in carloads or truckloads (see the clause at 52.247-59, F.o.b. Origin—Carload and Truckload Shipments). (c)(1) When exact destinations are not known and…
  • FAR 47.305-15 Loading responsibilities of contractors.
    (a)(1) Contractors are responsible for loading, blocking, and bracing carload shipments as specified in standards published by the Association of American Railroads. (2) The contracting officer shall insert in solicitations and contracts t…
  • FAR 47.305-16 Shipping characteristics.
    …fficer shall insert in solicitations and contracts the clause at 52.247-59, F.o.b. Origin—Carload and Truckload Shipments, when it is contemplated that they may result in f.o.b. origin contracts with shipments in carloads or truckloads. Thi…
  • FAR 52.247-33 F.o.b. Origin, With Differentials.
    …ent in good order and condition to the carrier, and load, stow, trim, block, and/or brace carload or truckload shipment (when loaded by the Contractor) on or in the carrier's conveyance as required by carrier rules and regulations; (4) Be …
  • FAR 52.247-52 Clearance and Documentation Requirements—Shipments to DOD Air or Water Terminal Transshipment Points.
    …Will occupy full visible capacity of a railway car or motor vehicle; (iv) Is less than a carload or truckload, but will be tendered as a carload or truckload; or (v) Is to be shipped to an ammunition outloading port for water shipment; or…
  • FAR 52.247-58 Loading, Blocking, and Bracing of Freight Car Shipments.
    …nsert the following clause in solicitations and contracts when supplies may be shipped in carload lots by rail: Loading, Blocking, and Bracing of Freight Car Shipments (APR 1984) (a) Upon receipt of shipping instructions, as provided in t…
  • FAR 47.207-11 Volume movements within the contiguous United States.
    …movement is— (1) In DoD, the aggregate of freight shipments amounting to or exceeding 25 carloads, 25 truckloads, or 500,000 pounds, to move during the contract period from one origin point for delivery to one destination point or area; an…
  • FAR 47.208-1 Advance notice.
    …some other hazardous materials; selected shipments requiring movement control; or minimum carload or truckload shipments. It facilitates arrangements for transportation control, labor, space, and use of materials handling equipment at desti…
  • FAR 47.208-2 Contract clause.
    …acts when advance notice of shipment is required for safety or security reasons, or where carload or truckload shipments will be made to DoD installations or, as required, to civilian agency facilities.
  • FAR 47.303-1 F.o.b. origin.
    …ent in good order and condition to the carrier, and load, stow, trim, block, and/or brace carload or truckload shipment (when loaded by the contractor) on or in the carrier's conveyance as required by carrier rules and regulations; (4) Be …
  • FAR 47.303-6 F.o.b. destination.
    …ver, if requested. If the contractor uses rail carrier or freight forwarder for less than carload shipments, the contractor shall ensure that the carrier will furnish tailgate delivery when required, if transfer to truck is required to comp…
  • FAR 47.305-3 F.o.b. origin solicitations.
    …ts, information, provisions, and clauses concerning the following items: (a) Delivery in carload or truckload lots f.o.b. carrier's equipment, wharf, or freight station. (b) The requirement that the offeror furnish the following informati…
  • FAR 47.305-7 Quantity analysis, direct delivery, and reduction of crosshauling and backhauling.
    (a) Quantity analysis. (1) The requiring activity shall consider the acquisition of carload or truckload quantities. (2) When additional quantities of the supplies being acquired can be transported at lower unit transportation costs or wit…
  • FAR 47.306-3 Adequacy of loading and unloading facilities.
    …cy of the offeror's shipping facilities, including the ability to consolidate and ship in carload or truckload lots. (b) The contracting officer shall consider the type and adequacy of the consignee's receiving facilities to avoid shipping…
  • FAR 52.247-29 F.o.b. Origin.
    …ent in good order and condition to the carrier, and load, stow, trim, block, and/or brace carload or truckload shipment (when loaded by the Contractor) on or in the carrier's conveyance as required by carrier rules and regulations; (4) Be …
  • FAR 52.247-30 F.o.b. Origin, Contractor's Facility.
    …ent in good order and condition to the carrier, and load, stow, trim, block, and/or brace carload or truckload shipment (when loaded by the Contractor) on or in the carrier's conveyance as required by carrier rules and regulations; (4) Be …
  • FAR 52.247-31 F.o.b. Origin, Freight Allowed.
    …ent in good order and condition to the carrier, and load, stow, trim, block, and/or brace carload or truckload shipment (when loaded by the Contractor) on or in the carrier's conveyance as required by carrier rules and regulations; (4) Be …
  • FAR 52.247-32 F.o.b. Origin, Freight Prepaid.
    …ent in good order and condition to the carrier, and load, stow, trim, block, and/or brace carload or truckload shipment (when loaded by the Contractor) on or in the carrier's conveyance as required by carrier rules and regulations; (4) Be …
  • FAR 52.247-34 F.o.b. Destination.
    …ver, if requested. If the contractor uses rail carrier or freight forwarder for less than carload shipments, the contractor shall ensure that the carrier will furnish tailgate delivery, when required, if transfer to truck is required to com…
  • FAR 52.247-57 Transportation Transit Privilege Credits.
    …feror represents the transportation costs in cents per 100 pounds (freight rate) for full carload/truckload shipments of the supplies from offeror's original source, via offeror's transit plant or point, to the Government destination(s) inc…
  • FAR 52.247-68 Report of Shipment (REPSHIP).
    …(C) Radioactive materials requiring the use of a III bar label; or (ii) When a truckload/carload shipment of supplies weighing 20,000 pounds or more, or a shipment of less weight that occupies the full visible capacity of a railway car or …

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