[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: 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

 

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



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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. 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]