48 CFR § 828.306 - 828.306 Insurance under fixed-price contracts.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s828.306"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 828.306 - 828.306 Insurance under fixed-price contracts."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "828.306"
section_name: "828.306 Insurance under fixed-price contracts."
chapter_number: 8
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS"
part_number: "828"
part_name: "BONDS AND INSURANCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "38 8127-8128 and 8151-8153; 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 41 U.S.C 1121; 41 U.S.C. 1702; and 48 CFR 1.301-1.304."
regulatory_source: "73 FR 2717, Jan. 15, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "828"
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# 828.306 828.306 Insurance under fixed-price contracts.
(a) The contracting officer shall insert the provision at 852.228-71, Indemnification and Insurance, in solicitations when utilizing term contracts or contracts of a continuing nature for ambulance, automobile and aircraft service.
(b) Paragraph (a) of this section does not apply to emergency or sporadic ambulance service authorized by VA Manual MP-1, Part II, Chapter 3, or other emergency or sporadic vehicle or aircraft services if both of the following conditions exist:
(1) The service is not used solely for the purpose of avoiding entering into a continuing contract.
(2) The services will be obtained from firms known to carry insurance coverage in accordance with State or local requirements.
[73 FR 2717, Jan. 15, 2008, as amended at 83 FR 7404, Feb. 21, 2018]