---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 211.503"
title: "48"
number: "211.503"
heading: "Contract clauses."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/211.503"
---

# §211.503. Contract clauses.

- (b) Use the clause at FAR 52.211-12, Liquidated Damages—Construction, in all construction contracts exceeding $900,000, except cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts or contracts where the contractor cannot control the pace of the work. Use of the clause in contracts of $900,000 or less is optional.

## Notes

### Amendments

[60 FR 61594, Nov. 30, 1995. Redesignated at 66 FR 49861, Oct. 1, 2001; 71 FR 75892, Dec. 19, 2006; 75 FR 45073, Aug. 2, 2010; 80 FR 36904, June 26, 2015; 85 FR 61504, Sept. 29, 2020; 90 FR 41485, Aug. 25, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1.

### Source

Source: 60 FR 61594, Nov. 30, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[60 FR 61594, Nov. 30, 1995. Redesignated at 66 FR 49861, Oct. 1, 2001; 71 FR 75892, Dec. 19, 2006; 75 FR 45073, Aug. 2, 2010; 80 FR 36904, June 26, 2015; 85 FR 61504, Sept. 29, 2020; 90 FR 41485, Aug. 25, 2025]