---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 42.1305"
title: "48"
number: "42.1305"
heading: "Contract clauses."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/42.1305"
---

# §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.

## Notes

### Amendments

[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]

### Source

Source: 48 FR 42159, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 60 FR 48241, Sept. 18, 1995.

### Authority

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.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 42370, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[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]