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 “circuitous routing”

  • FAR 31.205-46 Travel costs.
    …ctor during normal business hours are unallowable except when such accommodations require circuitous routing, require travel during unreasonable hours, excessively prolong travel, result in increased cost that would offset transportation sa…
  • FAR 47.301-1 Responsibilities of contracting officers.
    …om factors such as the use of special equipment, excess blocking and bracing material, or circuitous routing.
  • FAR 47.304-1 General.
    …ion (see 47.305-11); (3) Facilitate use of special routings or types of equipment (e.g., circuitous routing or oversize shipments) (see 47.305-14); (4) Facilitate, if necessary, use of premium cost transportation and permit Government-con…

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.