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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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47 sections with “transportation rates”: the first 40

  • FAR 28.313 Contract clauses for insurance of transportation or transportation-related services.
    … shall insert the clause at 52.228-9, Cargo Insurance, in solicitations and contracts for transportation or for transportation-related services, except when freight is shipped under rates subject to released or declared value. (b) The cont…
  • FAR 46.314 Transportation contracts.
    The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.246-14, Inspection of Transportation, in solicitations and contracts for freight transportation services (including local drayage) by rail, motor (including bus), domestic freight forwar…
  • FAR 47.207-6 Rates and charges.
    …r each service. (c) The following guidelines apply to the composition of a tabulation of transportation or of transportation-related services and their rate (price) bases: (1) Combination of pricing bases. If various types of services wit…
  • FAR 52.246-14 Inspection of Transportation.
    …scribed in 46.314, insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts for freight transportation services (including local drayage) by rail, motor (including bus), domestic freight forwarder, and domestic water carriers (including i…
  • FAR 47.301 General.
    (a) Transportation and traffic management factors are important in awarding and administering contracts to ensure that (1) acquisitions are made on the basis most advantageous to the Government and (2) supplies arrive in good order and cond…
  • FAR 47.305-9 Commodity description and freight classification.
    …scription of the commodity to be acquired and of packing requirements to determine proper transportation charges for the evaluation of offers. If supplies cannot be properly classified through reference to freight classification tariffs or …
  • FAR 25.003 Definitions.
    …, but for purposes of calculating the value of the acquisition, includes services (except transportation services) incidental to the article, provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed that of the article itself. …
  • FAR 47.104 Government rate tenders under sections 10721 and 13712 of the Interstate Commerce Act (49 U.S.C. 10721 and 13712).
    …plains statutory authority for common carriers subject to the jurisdiction of the Surface Transportation Board (motor carrier, water carrier, freight forwarder, rail carrier) to offer to transport persons or property for the account of the …
  • FAR 47.200 Scope of subpart.
    …bes procedures for the acquisition by sealed bid or negotiated contracts of— (1) Freight transportation (including local drayage) from rail, motor (including bus), domestic water (including inland, coastwise, and intercoastal) carriers, an…
  • FAR 47.303-1 F.o.b. origin.
    …the city, county, and State from which the shipment will be made and from which line-haul transportation service (as distinguished from switching, local drayage, or other terminal service) will begin; (2) To, and placed on, the carrier's w…
  • FAR 47.305-13 Transit arrangements.
    …al transit credits, which are recorded with the carriers. A transit credit represents the transportation costs for a recorded tonnage from the initial point to an intermediate point. The remaining transportation charges from the intermediat…
  • FAR 47.306-2 Lowest overall transportation costs.
    (a) For the evaluation of offers, the transportation officer shall give to the contracting officer, and the contracting officer shall use, the lowest available freight rates and related accessorial and incidental charges that (1) are in eff…
  • FAR 47.502 Policy.
    …. 2631), which requires the Department of Defense to use only U.S.-flag vessels for ocean transportation of supplies for the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps unless those vessels are not available at fair and reasonable rates. (2) Th…
  • FAR 52.247-29 F.o.b. Origin.
    …the city, county, and State from which the shipment will be made and from which line-haul transportation service (as distinguished from switching, local drayage, or other terminal service) will begin; (2) To, and placed on, the carrier's w…
  • FAR 52.247-31 F.o.b. Origin, Freight Allowed.
    …he city, county, and State from which the shipments will be made and from which line-haul transportation service (as distinguished from switching, local drayage, or other terminal service) will begin; (ii) To, and placed on, the carrier's …
  • FAR 52.247-32 F.o.b. Origin, Freight Prepaid.
    …he city, county, and State from which the shipments will be made and from which line-haul transportation service (as distinguished from switching, local drayage, or other terminal service) will begin; (ii) To, and placed on, the carrier's …
  • FAR 52.247-33 F.o.b. Origin, With Differentials.
    …he city, county, and State from which the shipments will be made and from which line-haul transportation service (as distinguished from switching, local drayage, or other terminal service) will begin; (ii) To, and placed on, the carrier's …
  • FAR 52.247-64 Preference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels.
    … vessels (computed separately for dry bulk carriers, dry cargo liners, and tankers). Such transportation shall be accomplished when any equipment, materials, or commodities, located within or outside the United States, that may be transport…
  • DFARS 252.225-7021 Trade Agreements.
    …t, but for purposes of calculating the value of the end product includes services (except transportation services) incidental to its supply, provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed the value of the product itsel…
  • FAR 31.205-46 Travel costs.
    (a) Costs for transportation, lodging, meals, and incidental expenses. (1) Costs incurred by contractor personnel on official company business are allowable, subject to the limitations contained in this subsection. Costs for transportation …
  • FAR 47.104-3 Cost-reimbursement contracts.
    …ents moving on commercial bills of lading in cost reimbursement contracts under which the transportation costs are direct and allowable costs under the cost principles of Part 31. (b) 49 U.S.C. 10721 and 13712 rates may be applied to the m…
  • FAR 47.304-1 General.
    … (see 47.305-13); (2) Permit diversions to new destinations without price adjustment for transportation (see 47.305-11); (3) Facilitate use of special routings or types of equipment (e.g., circuitous routing or oversize shipments) (see 47…
  • FAR 47.305-11 Options in shipment and delivery.
    …he solicitation and in the contract; (b) Direct shipments in quantities that may require transportation rates different from those on which the contract price is based; and (c) Direct shipments by a mode of transportation other than that …
  • FAR 52.225-5 Trade Agreements.
    …, but for purposes of calculating the value of the acquisition, includes services (except transportation services) incidental to the article, provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed that of the article itself. …
  • FAR 31.205-35 Relocation costs.
    …travel of the employee and members of the employee's immediate family (see 31.205-46) and transportation of the household and personal effects to the new location. (2) Costs of finding a new home, such as advance trips by the employee or t…
  • FAR 47.506 Procedures.
    (a) The contracting officer shall obtain assistance from the transportation activity (see 47.105) in developing appropriate shipping instructions and delivery terms for inclusion in solicitations and contracts that may involve ocean transpo…
  • FAR 52.247-30 F.o.b. Origin, Contractor's Facility.
    …rrier requirements to protect the goods and to ensure assessment of the lowest applicable transportation charge; (2)(i) Order specified carrier equipment when requested by the Government; or (ii) If not specified, order appropriate carrie…
  • FAR 47.104-1 Government rate tender procedures.
    …account of the Government on— (1) Commercial bills of lading endorsed to show that total transportation charges are assignable to, and will be reimbursed by, the Government (see the clause at 52.247-1, Commercial Bill of Lading Notations);…
  • FAR 47.207-7 Liability and insurance.
    …d/or Damage to Freight other than Household Goods, in solicitations and contracts for the transportation of freight other than household goods. (e) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.247-23, Contractor Liability for Loss…
  • FAR 47.303-3 F.o.b. origin, freight allowed.
    …he city, county, and State from which the shipments will be made and from which line-haul transportation service (as distinguished from switching, local drayage, or other terminal service) will begin; (ii) To, and placed on, the carrier's …
  • FAR 47.304-3 Shipments from CONUS for overseas delivery.
    …hin CONUS, but also flexibility for selection of (1) the port of export and (2) the ocean transportation providing the lowest overall cost to the Government. (b)(1) Unless there are valid reasons to the contrary (see 47.304-5), acquisition…
  • FAR 47.304-4 Shipments originating outside CONUS.
    …antageous to the Government. (b) The contracting officer shall request the advice of the transportation officer to determine the most appropriate place of delivery to be specified in acquisition documents, giving full consideration to the …
  • FAR 47.305-1 Solicitation requirements.
    … much of the following data as is applicable to the particular acquisition: (a) Modes of transportation and, if rail transportation is used, names of rail carriers serving the offeror's facility. (b) The number of railroad cars, motor tru…
  • FAR 47.305-16 Shipping characteristics.
    …cteristics, when shipping and other characteristics are required to evaluate offers as to transportation costs. When all of the shipping characteristics listed in paragraph (a) of the clause at 52.247-60 are not required to evaluate offers …
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …il, and shall pass to the Government upon: (1) Delivery of the supplies to a carrier, if transportation is f.o.b. origin; or (2) Delivery of the supplies to the Government at the destination specified in the contract, if transportation is…
  • FAR 52.247-17 Charges.
    …scribed in 47.207-6(a)(2), insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts for transportation or for transportation-related services: Charges (APR 1984) In no event shall charges under this contract be in excess of charges base…
  • FAR 22.1003-4 Administrative limitations, variations, tolerances, and exemptions.
    …cturer or supplier of the equipment under a contract awarded on a sole source basis. (v) Transportation by common carrier of persons by air, motor vehicle, rail, or marine vessel on regularly scheduled routes or via standard commercial ser…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …ost of company-furnished automobiles that relates to personal use by employees (including transportation to and from work) is unallowable regardless of whether the cost is reported as taxable income to the employees (see 31.205-46(d)). (n)…
  • FAR 41.205 Separate contracts.
    …ed. (6) Any unusual characteristics of services required. (7) The utility's wheeling or transportation policy for utility service. (c) If requesting GSA assistance with a separate contract, the requesting agency shall furnish the technic…
  • FAR 47.104-2 Fixed-price contracts.
    …tractor shall use a commercial bill of lading and be reimbursed for the direct and actual transportation cost as a separate item in the invoice. The clause at 52.247-1, Commercial Bill of Lading Notations, will ensure that the Government in…

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