Subpart 36.5 - Contract Clauses

Parent topic: Part 36 - Construction and Architect-Engineer Contracts

36.500 Scope of subpart.

(a) This subpart prescribes provisions and clauses for insertion in solicitations and contracts for—

(1) Construction; and

(2) Dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contracts.

(b) Provisions and clauses prescribed elsewhere in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) shall

also be used in such solicitations and contracts when the conditions specified in the prescriptions for

the provisions and clauses are applicable.

36.501 Performance of work by the contractor.

(a) To assure adequate interest in and supervision of all work involved in larger projects, the

contractor shall be required to perform a significant part of the contract work with its own forces.

The contract shall express this requirement in terms of a percentage that reflects the minimum

amount of work the contractor must perform with its own forces. This percentage is (1) as high as

the contracting officer considers appropriate for the project, consistent with customary or necessary

specialty subcontracting and the complexity and magnitude of the work, and (2) ordinarily not less

than 12 percent unless a greater percentage is required by law or agency regulation. Specialties

such as plumbing, heating, and electrical work are usually subcontracted, and should not normally

be considered in establishing the amount of work required to be performed by the contractor.

(b) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-1, Performance of Work by the

Contractor, in solicitations and contracts, except those awarded pursuant to subparts 19.5, 19.8,

19.13, 19.14, or 19.15 when a fixed-price construction contract is contemplated and the contract

amount is expected to exceed $1.5 million. The contracting officer may insert the clause in

solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract is contemplated and the contract

amount is expected to be $1.5 million or less.

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 contemplated and the contract amount is expected to exceed

the simplified acquisition threshold. The contracting officer may insert the clause in solicitations and

contracts when a fixed-price construction or a fixed-price contract for dismantling, demolition, or

removal of improvements is contemplated and the contract amount is expected to be at or below the

simplified acquisition threshold.
36.503 Site investigation and conditions affecting the work.

The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-3, Site Investigation and Conditions

Affecting the Work, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract or a fixedprice dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contract is contemplated and the

contract amount is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. The contracting officer

may insert the clause in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction or a fixed-price

contract for dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements is contemplated and the contract

amount is expected to be at or below the simplified acquisition threshold.

36.504 Physical data.

The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-4, Physical Data, in solicitations and

contracts when a fixed-price construction contract is contemplated and physical data (e.g., test

borings, hydrographic data, weather conditions data) will be furnished or made available to offerors.

36.505 Material and workmanship.

The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-5, Material and Workmanship, in

solicitations and contracts for construction contracts.

36.506 Superintendence by the contractor.

The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-6, Superintendence by the Contractor, in

solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract or a fixed-price dismantling,

demolition, or removal of improvements contract is contemplated and the contract amount is

expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. The contracting officer may insert the clause

in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction or a fixed-price contract for

dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements is contemplated and the contract amount is

expected to be at or below the simplified acquisition threshold.

36.507 Permits and responsibilities.

The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-7, Permits and Responsibilities, in

solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price or cost-reimbursement construction contract or a

fixed-price dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contract is contemplated.

36.508 Other contracts.

The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-8, Other Contracts, in solicitations and
contracts when a fixed-price construction contract or a fixed-price dismantling, demolition, or

removal of improvements contract is contemplated and the contract amount is expected to exceed

the simplified acquisition threshold. The contracting officer may insert the clause in solicitations and

contracts when a fixed-price construction or a fixed-price contract for dismantling, demolition, or

removal of improvements is contemplated and the contract amount is expected to be at or below the

simplified acquisition threshold.

36.509 Protection of existing vegetation, structures,

equipment, utilities, and improvements.

The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-9, Protection of Existing Vegetation,

Structures, Equipment, Utilities, and Improvements, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price

construction contract or a fixed-price dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contract

is contemplated and the contract amount is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold.

The contracting officer may insert the clause in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price

construction or a fixed-price contract for dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements is

contemplated and the contract amount is expected to be at or below the simplified acquisition

threshold.

36.510 Operations and storage areas.

The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-10, Operations and Storage Areas, in

solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract or a fixed-price dismantling,

demolition, or removal of improvements contract is contemplated and the contract amount is

expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. The contracting officer may insert the clause

in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction or a fixed-price contract for

dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements is contemplated and the contract amount is

expected to be at or below the simplified acquisition threshold.

36.511 Use and possession prior to completion.

The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-11, Use and Possession Prior to Completion,

in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract is contemplated and the

contract award amount is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. This clause may

be inserted in solicitations and contracts when the contract amount is expected to be at or below the

simplified acquisition threshold.

36.512 Cleaning up.

The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-12, Cleaning Up, in solicitations and

contracts when a fixed-price construction contract or a fixed-price dismantling, demolition, or

removal of improvements contract is contemplated and the contract amount is expected to exceed

the simplified acquisition threshold. The contracting officer may insert the clause in solicitations and
contracts when a fixed-price construction or a fixed-price contract for dismantling, demolition, or

removal of improvements is contemplated and the contract amount is expected to be at or below the

simplified acquisition threshold.

36.513 Accident prevention.

(a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-13, Accident Prevention, in solicitations

and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract or a fixed-price dismantling, demolition, or

removal of improvements contract is contemplated and the contract amount is expected to exceed

the simplified acquisition threshold. The contracting officer may insert the clause in solicitations and

contracts when a fixed-price construction or a fixed-price contract for dismantling, demolition, or

removal of improvements is contemplated and the contract amount is expected to be at or below the

simplified acquisition threshold. If the contract will involve work of a long duration or hazardous

nature, the contracting officer shall use the clause with its AlternateI.

(b) The contracting officer shall insert the clause or the clause with its AlternateI in solicitations and

contracts when a contract for services to be performed at Government facilities (see 48 CFR Part 37)

is contemplated, and technical representatives advise that special precautions are appropriate.

(c) The contracting officer should inform the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA),

or other cognizant Federal, State, or local officials, of instances where the contractor has been

notified to take immediate action to correct serious or imminent dangers.

36.514 Availability and use of utility services.

The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-14, Availability and Use of Utility Services,

in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract or a fixed-price dismantling,

demolition, or removal of improvements contract is contemplated, the contract is to be performed on

Government sites, and the contracting officer decides (a) that the existing utility system(s) is

adequate for the needs of both the Government and the contractor, and (b) furnishing it is in the

Government’s interest. When this clause is used, the contracting officer shall list the available

utilities in the contract.

36.515 Schedules for construction contracts.

The contracting officer may insert the clause at 52.236-15, Schedules for Construction Contracts, in

solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract is contemplated, the contract

amount is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold, and the period of actual work

performance exceeds 60 days. This clause may also be inserted in such solicitations and contracts

when work performance is expected to last less than 60 days and an unusual situation exists that

warrants imposition of the requirements. This clause should not be used in the same contract with

clauses covering other management approaches for ensuring that a contractor makes adequate

progress.
36.516 Quantity surveys.

The contracting officer may insert the clause at 52.236-16, Quantity Surveys, in solicitations and

contracts when a fixed-price construction contract providing for unit pricing of items and for

payment based on quantity surveys is contemplated. If it is determined at a level above that of the

contracting officer that it is impracticable for Government personnel to perform the original and

final surveys, and the Government wishes the contractor to perform these surveys, the clause shall

be used with its Alternate.

36.517 Layout of work.

The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-17, Layout of Work, in solicitations and

contracts when a fixed-price construction contract is contemplated and use of this clause is

appropriate due to a need for accurate work layout and for siting verification during work

performance.

36.518 Work oversight in cost-reimbursement construction

contracts.

The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-18, Work Oversight in Cost-Reimbursement

Construction Contracts, in solicitations and contracts when a cost-reimbursement construction

contract is contemplated.

36.519 Organization and direction of the work.

The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-19, Organization and Direction of the Work,

in solicitations and contracts when a cost-reimbursement construction contract is contemplated.

36.520 Contracting by negotiation.

The contracting officer shall insert in solicitations for construction the provision at 52.236-28,

Preparation of Offers-Construction, when contracting by negotiation.

36.521 Specifications and drawings for construction.

The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-21, Specifications and Drawings for

Construction, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract or a fixed-price

dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contract is contemplated and the contract

amount is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. The contracting officer may insert

the clause in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction or a fixed-price contract for
dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements is contemplated and the contract amount is

expected to be at or below the simplified acquisition threshold. When the Government needs record

drawings, the contracting officer shall-

(a) Use the clause with its AlternateI, if reproducible shop drawings are needed; or

(b) Use the clause with its AlternateII, if reproducible shop drawings are not needed.

36.522 Preconstruction conference.

If the contracting officer determines it may be desirable to hold a preconstruction conference, the

contracting officer shall insert a clause substantially the same as the clause at 52.236-26,

Preconstruction Conference, in solicitations and fixed price contracts for construction or for

dismantling, demolition or removal of improvements.

36.523 Site visit.

The contracting officer shall insert a provision substantially the same as the provision at 52.236-27,

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. AlternateI may be

used when an organized site visit will be conducted.