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187 sections with “damage”: the first 40

  • FAR 22.302 Liquidated damages and overtime pay.
    …actor or subcontractor must pay the affected employee any unpaid wages and pay liquidated damages to the Government. The contracting officer must assess liquidated damages at the rate specified at 29 CFR 5.5(b)(2) per affected employee for …
  • FAR 52.211-11 Liquidated Damages—Supplies, Services, or Research and Development.
    …bed in 11.503(a), insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts: Liquidated Damages—Supplies, Services, or Research and Development (SEP 2000) (a) If the Contractor fails to deliver the supplies or perform the services within…
  • FAR 52.219-16 Liquidated Damages—Subcontracting Plan.
    As prescribed in 19.708(b)(2), insert the following clause: Liquidated Damages—Subcontracting Plan (SEP 2021) (a) Failure to make a good faith effort to comply with the subcontracting plan, as used in this clause, means a willful or inten…
  • FAR 52.247-21 Contractor Liability for Personal Injury and/or Property Damage.
    …ransportation-related services: Contractor Liability for Personal Injury and/or Property Damage (APR 1984) (a) The Contractor assumes responsibility for all damage or injury to persons or property occasioned through the use, maintenance, …
  • FAR 52.247-23 Contractor Liability for Loss of and/or Damage to Household Goods.
    …bed 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 negligence of…
  • DFARS 222.302 Liquidated damages and overtime pay.
    …r written notification of the withholding and a statement of the basis for the liquidated damages assessment. The written notification shall also inform the contractor of its 60 days right to appeal the assessment, through the contracting o…
  • DFARS 252.237-7014 Loss or damage (count-of-articles).
    As prescribed in 237.7101(c), use the following clause: Loss or Damage (Count-of-Articles) (DEC 1991) (a) The count-of-articles will be— (1) The count of the Contracting Officer; or (2) The count agreed upon as a result of a joint count…
  • DFARS 252.247-7016 Contractor liability for loss or damage.
    …s 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 o…
  • FAR 49.402-7 Other damages.
    …lt (see 49.402-4), the contracting officer promptly must assess and demand any liquidated damages to which the Government is entitled under the contract. Under the contract clause at 52.211-11, these damages are in addition to any excess re…
  • FAR 52.211-12 Liquidated Damages—Construction.
    …bed in 11.503(b), insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts: Liquidated Damages—Construction (SEP 2000) (a) If the Contractor fails to complete the work within the time specified in the contract, the Contractor shall pay …
  • DFARS 252.237-7015 Loss or damage (weight of articles).
    As prescribed in 237.7101(d), use the following clause: Loss or Damage (Weight of Articles) (DEC 1991) (a) The Contractor shall— (1) Be liable for return of the articles furnished for service under this contract; and (2) Indemnify the G…
  • FAR 52.247-22 Contractor Liability for Loss of and/or Damage to Freight Other Than Household Goods.
    …portation 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 beyond the control and without the fault …
  • FAR 28.303 Insurance against loss of or damage to Government property.
    When the Government requires or approves insurance to cover loss of or damage to Government property (see 45.104, Responsibility and liability for Government property), it may be provided by specific insurance policies or by inclusion of th…
  • FAR 36.206 Liquidated damages.
    The contracting officer must evaluate the need for liquidated damages in a construction contract in accordance with 11.502 and agency regulations.
  • DFARS 236.206 Liquidated damages.
    See 211.503 for instructions on use of liquidated damages.
  • FAR 11.501 Policy.
    …ial impact on pricing, competition, and contract administration before using a liquidated damages clause. Use liquidated damages clauses only when— (1) The time of delivery or timely performance is so important that the Government may reas…
  • FAR 11.502 Procedures.
    (a) Include the applicable liquidated damages clause and liquidated damages rates in solicitations when the contract will contain liquidated damages provisions. (b) Construction contracts with liquidated damages provisions must describe th…
  • FAR 11.503 Contract clauses.
    (a) Use the clause at 52.211-11, Liquidated Damages—Supplies, Services, or Research and Development, in fixed-price solicitations and contracts for supplies, services, or research and development when the contracting officer determines that…
  • FAR 19.705-7 Compliance with the subcontracting plan.
    …an, these objectives are not achieved, and 15 U.S.C. 637(d)(4)(F) directs that liquidated damages shall be paid by the contractor. (b) Determination of good faith effort. (1) In determining whether a contractor failed to make a good faith …
  • FAR 22.406-8 Investigations.
    …btained from Labor Department files, other than computations of back wages and liquidated damages and summaries of back wages due, to anyone other than Government contract administrators. (b) Investigation report. The contracting officer m…
  • FAR 22.406-9 Withholding from or suspension of contract payments.
    …he contractor an amount equal to the estimated wage underpayment and estimated liquidated damages due the United States under the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards statute. (See 22.302.) (1) If the contracting officer believes a vio…
  • FAR 46.803 Policy.
    …surer 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 or services performed under a contract and (2) results fro…
  • FAR 47.207-7 Liability and insurance.
    …ntracting 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 transporte…
  • FAR 52.222-4 Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards—Overtime Compensation.
    …or each hour worked over 40 hours. (b) Violation; liability for unpaid wages; liquidated damages. The responsible Contractor and subcontractor are liable for unpaid wages if they violate the terms in paragraph (a) of this clause. In additi…
  • FAR 52.228-8 Liability and Insurance—Leased Motor Vehicles.
    …—Leased Motor Vehicles (MAY 1999) (a) The Government shall be responsible for loss of or damage to— (1) Leased vehicles, except for (i) normal wear and tear and (ii) loss or damage caused by the negligence of the Contractor, its agents, o…
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …d software. Loss of Government property means unintended, unforeseen or accidental loss, damage or destruction to Government property that reduces the Government's expected economic benefits of the property. Loss of Government property doe…
  • FAR 52.246-21 Warranty of Construction.
    …, or any defect. In addition, the Contractor shall remedy at the Contractor's expense any damage to Government-owned or controlled real or personal property, when that damage is the result of— (1) The Contractor's failure to conform to con…
  • FAR 52.246-24 Limitation of Liability—High-Value Items.
    …g 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) occurs after Government acceptance of the supplie…
  • FAR 52.249-10 Default (Fixed-Price Construction).
    …ecessary for completing the work. The Contractor and its sureties shall be liable for any damage to the Government resulting from the Contractor's refusal or failure to complete the work within the specified time, whether or not the Contrac…
  • FAR 52.250-1 Indemnification Under Public Law 85-804.
    …d persons (including employees of the Contractor) for death; personal injury; or loss of, damage to, or loss of use of property; (2) Loss of, damage to, or loss of use of Contractor property, excluding loss of profit; and (3) Loss of, dam…
  • DFARS 219.702-70 Statutory requirements for the Test Program for Negotiation of Comprehensive Small Business Subcontracting Plans.
    …ten notice specifying the failure, advising of the potential for assessment of liquidated damages, permitting the contractor to demonstrate what good faith efforts have been made, and providing a period of 15 working days (or longer period …
  • DFARS 228.370-2 General.
    …clause provides that the Government's assumption of risk does not apply where the loss or damage is covered by available insurance. (f) Damage to Government aircraft. (1) Whenever damage to Government aircraft is reported, each incident sh…
  • DFARS 252.217-7009 Default.
    …te the performance of a job order within the time specified, or any extension, the actual damage to the Government for the delay will be difficult or impossible to determine. (1) In lieu of actual damage, the Contractor shall pay to the Go…
  • DFARS 252.217-7012 Liability and insurance.
    …003) (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 to the vessel or part of the vessel upon which work is done. (b) Loss or d…
  • DFARS 252.228-7001 Ground and Flight Risk.
    …act, or landings approved in writing by the contracting officer. Workmanship error means damage to the aircraft that is the result of an incorrectly performed skill-based task, operation, or action that was originally planned or intended. …
  • DFARS 252.228-7007 Public Aircraft and State Aircraft Operations—Liability.
    …erations or state aircraft operations. (1) The Contractor assumes responsibility for all damage or injury to persons or property, including the Contractor's employees and property, and Government personnel and property, occasioned through …
  • DFARS 252.235-7000 Indemnification Under 10 U.S.C. 3861—Fixed Price.
    …he Contractor meets all the terms and conditions of this clause. (b) Claims, losses, and damages covered— (1) Claims by third persons for death, bodily injury, sickness, or disease, or the loss, damage, or lost use of property. Claims inc…
  • DFARS 252.235-7001 Indemnification Under 10 U.S.C. 3861—Cost Reimbursement.
    …he Contractor meets all the terms and conditions of this clause. (b) Claims, losses, and damages covered— (1) Claims by third persons for death, bodily injury, sickness, or disease, or the loss, damage, or lost use of property. Claims inc…
  • DFARS 252.246-7002 Warranty of construction (Germany).
    …or any defect. In addition, the Contractor shall remedy, at the Contractor's expense, any damage to Government-owned or -controlled real or personal property when that damage is the result of— (1) The Contractor's failure to conform to con…
  • DFARS 252.247-7007 Liability and insurance.
    …urance (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 Government is liable; (2) Responsible for, and hold the Government ha…

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