48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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5 sections with “differing site conditions”

  • FAR 52.236-2 Differing Site Conditions.
    As prescribed in 36.502, insert the following clause: Differing Site Conditions (APR 1984) (a) The Contractor shall promptly, and before the conditions are disturbed, give a written notice to the Contracting Officer of (1) subsurface or l…
  • FAR 36.502 Differing site conditions.
    The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-2, Differing Site Conditions, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract or a fixed-price dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contract is…
  • FAR 36.523 Site visit.
    …36-27, Site Visit (Construction), in solicitations which include the clauses at 52.236-2, Differing Site Conditions, and 52.236-3, Site Investigations and Conditions Affecting the Work. Alternate I may be used when an organized site visit w…
  • FAR 52.236-27 Site Visit (Construction).
    …ame as the following: Site Visit (Construction) (FEB 1995) (a) The clauses at 52.236-2, Differing Site Conditions, and 52.236-3, Site Investigation and Conditions Affecting the Work, will be included in any contract awarded as a result of…
  • FAR 52.243-5 Changes and Changed Conditions.
    …y notify the Contracting Officer, in writing, of subsurface or latent physical conditions differing materially from those indicated in this contract or unknown unusual physical conditions at the site before proceeding with the work. (c) If…

FAR (chapter 1)

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