48 CFR § 36.521 - 36.521 Specifications and drawings for construction.

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title: "48 CFR § 36.521 - 36.521   Specifications and drawings for construction."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "36.521"
section_name: "36.521   Specifications and drawings for construction."
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"
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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."
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# 36.521 36.521   Specifications and drawings for construction.

The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-21, Specifications and Drawings for Construction, 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. When the Government needs record drawings, the contracting officer shall (a) use the clause with its *Alternate I,* if reproducible shop drawings are needed, or (b) use the clause with its *Alternate II,* if reproducible shop drawings are not needed.

[48 FR 42356, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 51 FR 2666, Jan. 17, 1986; 60 FR 34759, July 3, 1995]