48 CFR § 36.511 - 36.511 Use and possession prior to completion.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s36.511"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 36.511 - 36.511 Use and possession prior to completion."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "36.511"
section_name: "36.511 Use and possession prior to completion."
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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# 36.511 36.511 Use and possession prior to completion.
The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-11, Use and Possession Prior to Completion, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract is contemplated and the contract award amount is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. This clause may be inserted in solicitations and contracts when 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]