[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR47]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 47_TRANSPORTATION--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart 47.3_Transportation in Supply Contracts
 
Sec.  47.303-4  F.o.b. origin, freight prepaid.

    (a) Explanation of delivery term. F.o.b. origin, freight prepaid 
means--
    (1) Free of expense to the Government delivered--
    (i) On board the indicated type of conveyance of the carrier (or of 
the Government, if specified) at a designated point in the 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 wharf (at shipside, within 
reach of the ship's loading tackle, when the shipping point is within a 
port area having water transportation service) or the carrier's freight 
station;
    (iii) To a U.S. Postal Service facility; or
    (iv) If stated in the solicitation, to any Government-designated 
point located within the same city or commercial zone as the f.o.b. 
origin point specified in the contract (commercial zones are prescribed 
by the Interstate Commerce Commission at 49 CFR part 1048); and
    (2) The cost of transportation, ultimately the Government's 
obligation, is prepaid by the contractor to the point specified in the 
contract.
    (b) Contractor responsibilities. The contractor's responsibilities 
are the same as those listed in 47.303-1(b), except that the contractor 
shall prepare commercial bills of lading or other transportation 
receipts and shall prepay all freight charges to the extent specified in 
the contract.
    (c) Contract clause. The contracting officer shall insert in 
solicitations and contracts the clause at 52.247-32, F.o.b.

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Origin, Freight Prepaid, when the delivery term is f.o.b. origin, 
freight prepaid.

[48 FR 42424, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 53 FR 17859, May 18, 1988]