---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 47.303-3"
title: "48"
number: "47.303-3"
heading: "F.o.b. origin, freight allowed."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/47.303-3"
---

# §47.303-3. F.o.b. origin, freight allowed.

- (a) **Explanation of delivery term. F.o.b. origin, freight allowed—** means—
  - (1) **Free of expense to the Government delivered—**
    - (i) On board the indicated type or conveyance of the carrier (or of the Government, if specified) at a designated point in the city, county, and State from which the shipments will be made and from which line-haul transportation service (as distinguished from switching, local drayage, or other terminal service) will begin;
    - (ii) To, and placed on, the carrier's wharf (at shipside, within reach of the ship's loading tackle, when the shipping point is within a port area having water transportation service) or the carrier's freight station;
    - (iii) To a U.S. Postal Service facility; or
    - (iv) If stated in the solicitation, to any Government-designated point located within the same city or commercial zone as the f.o.b. origin point specified in the contract (the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration prescribes commercial zones at [Subpart B](/cfr/48/subpartB.md) of [49 CFR part 372](/cfr/49/part372.md)); and
  - (2) An allowance for freight, based on applicable published tariff rates (or Government rate tenders) between the points specified in the contract, is deducted from the contract price.
- (b) **Contractor responsibilities.** The contractor's responsibilities are the same as those listed in 47.303-1(b).
- (c) **Contract clause.** The contracting officer shall insert in solicitations and contracts the clause at 52.247-31, F.o.b. Origin, Freight Allowed, when the delivery term is f.o.b. origin, freight allowed.

## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 42424, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 53 FR 17859, May 18, 1988; 71 FR 206, Jan. 3, 2006]

### Authority

Authority: 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 42424, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[48 FR 42424, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 53 FR 17859, May 18, 1988; 71 FR 206, Jan. 3, 2006]