48 CFR § 36.502 - 36.502 Differing site conditions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s36.502"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 36.502 - 36.502 Differing site conditions."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "36.502"
section_name: "36.502 Differing site conditions."
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING"
part_number: "36"
part_name: "CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 42356, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "36"
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# 36.502 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.
[48 FR 42356, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 60 FR 34759, July 3, 1995]