---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 52.248-3"
title: "48"
number: "52.248-3"
heading: "Value Engineering—Construction."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/52.248-3"
---

# §52.248-3. Value Engineering—Construction.


As prescribed in 48.202, insert the following clause:

Alternate I (APR 1984). When the head of the contracting activity determines that the cost of calculating and tracking collateral savings will exceed the benefits to be derived in a construction contract, delete paragraph (g) from the basic clause and redesignate the remaining paragraphs accordingly.


## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 42478, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 54 FR 5059, Jan. 31, 1989; 64 FR 72449, Dec. 27, 1999; 71 FR 57369, Sept. 28, 2006;75 FR 53135, Aug. 30, 2010; 80 FR 38301, July 2, 2015; 85 FR 62490, Oct. 2, 2020; 90 FR 41881, Aug. 27, 2025]

### 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 42478, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[48 FR 42478, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 54 FR 5059, Jan. 31, 1989; 64 FR 72449, Dec. 27, 1999; 71 FR 57369, Sept. 28, 2006;75 FR 53135, Aug. 30, 2010; 80 FR 38301, July 2, 2015; 85 FR 62490, Oct. 2, 2020; 90 FR 41881, Aug. 27, 2025]