48 CFR § 42.1305 - 42.1305 Contract clauses.

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title: "48 CFR § 42.1305 - 42.1305   Contract clauses."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "42.1305"
section_name: "42.1305   Contract clauses."
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# 42.1305 42.1305   Contract clauses.

(a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.242-14, Suspension of Work, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction or architect-engineer contract is contemplated.

(b)(1) The contracting officer may, when contracting by negotiation, insert the clause at 52.242-15, Stop-Work Order, in solicitations and contracts for supplies, services, or research and development.

(2) If a cost-reimbursement contract is contemplated, the contracting officer shall use the clause with its *Alternate I.*

(c) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.242-17, Government Delay of Work, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price contract is contemplated for supplies other than commercial or modified-commercial products. The clause use is optional when a fixed-price contract is contemplated for services, or for supplies that are commercial or modified-commercial products.

[48 FR 42159, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 50 FR 2270, Jan. 15, 1985; 50 FR 25680, June 20, 1985. Redesignated and amended at 60 FR 48241, 48249, Sept. 18, 1995; 72 FR 27385, May 15, 2007; 86 FR 61030, Nov. 4, 2021]