48 CFR § 541.501 - 541.501 Contract Clauses (Far Deviation).
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s541.501"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 541.501 - 541.501 Contract clauses (FAR DEVIATION)."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "541.501"
section_name: "541.501 Contract clauses (FAR DEVIATION)."
chapter_number: 5
chapter_name: "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "CONTRACT MANAGEMENT"
part_number: "541"
part_name: "ACQUISITION OF UTILITY SERVICES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "40 U.S.C. 121(c)."
cfr_part: "541"
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# 541.501 541.501 Contract clauses (FAR DEVIATION).
(a) *FAR deviation.* GSA has a deviation from FAR 52.232-19 that allows use of the clause at 552.241-70 in lieu of the FAR clause at 52.232-19. Insert the clause at 552.241-70, Availability of Funds for the Next Fiscal Year or Quarter, in lieu of the FAR clause at 52.232-19, in all utility acquisitions.
(b) *Utility services.* Insert the clause at 541.501(b), Disputes (Utility Contracts), in solicitations and contracts for utility services subject to the jurisdiction and regulation of a utility rate commission.
[86 FR 55521, Oct. 6, 2021, as amended at 86 FR 61080, Nov. 5, 2021; 89 FR 55086, July 3, 2024]