48 CFR § 36.503 - 36.503 Site investigation and conditions affecting the work.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s36.503"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 36.503 - 36.503 Site investigation and conditions affecting the work."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "36.503"
section_name: "36.503 Site investigation and conditions affecting the work."
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: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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# 36.503 36.503 Site investigation and conditions affecting the work.
The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-3, Site Investigation and Conditions Affecting the Work, 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]