[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 48CFR36.513]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

 

PART 36_CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart 36.5_Contract Clauses

 

Sec. 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 Alternate I.

    (b) The contracting officer shall insert the clause or the clause 

with its Alternate I in solicitations and contracts when a contract for 

services to be performed at Government facilities (see FAR 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.



[48 FR 42356, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 56 FR 55375, Oct. 25, 1991; 

60 FR 34759, July 3, 1995]