---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 527.409"
title: "48"
number: "527.409"
heading: "Contract clauses (FAR DEVIATION)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/527.409"
---

# §527.409. Contract clauses (FAR DEVIATION).


GSA has a deviation from FAR 52.227-17 that allows use of the clauses in paragraphs [(a)](#a) and [(b)](#b) of this section in lieu of the FAR clause at 52.227-17.

- (a) Except as provided in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, insert the clause at 552.227-70, Government Rights (Unlimited), in lieu of the FAR clause at 52.227-17, in solicitations and contracts for—
  - (1) **Architect-engineer services.**
  - (2) **Construction contracts involving architect-engineer services.**
- (b) If the Government requires sole property rights and exclusive control over the design and data, insert the clause at 552.227-71, Drawings and Other Data to Become Property of Government, in lieu the clause at FAR 52.227-17, in solicitations and contracts for—
  - (1) **Architect-engineer services.**
  - (2) **Construction contracts involving architect-engineer services.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[86 FR 55520, Oct. 6, 2021, as amended at 89 FR 55086, July 3, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 486(c).

### Source

Source: 64 FR 37221, July 9, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[86 FR 55520, Oct. 6, 2021, as amended at 89 FR 55086, July 3, 2024]