[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

 

47.303-5  F.o.b. origin, with differentials.



    (a) Explanation of delivery term. F.o.b. origin, with differentials 

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) Differentials for mode of transportation, type of vehicle, or 

place of delivery as indicated in contractor's offer may be added to the 

contract price.

    (b) Contractor responsibilities. The contractor's responsibilities 

are the same as those listed in 47.303-1(b).

    (c) Contract clause. The contracting officer shall insert in 

solicitations and contracts the clause at 52.247-33, F.o.b. Origin, with 

Differentials, when it is likely that offerors may include in f.o.b. 

origin offers a contingency to compensate for unfavorable routing 

conditions by the Government at the time of shipment.



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