---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 541.501"
title: "48"
number: "541.501"
heading: "Contract clauses (FAR DEVIATION)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/541.501"
---

# §541.501. Contract clauses (FAR DEVIATION).

- (a) **FAR deviation.** GSA has a deviation from FAR 52.232-19 that allows use of the clause at 552.241-70 in lieu of the FAR clause at 52.232-19. Insert the clause at 552.241-70, Availability of Funds for the Next Fiscal Year or Quarter, in lieu of the FAR clause at 52.232-19, in all utility acquisitions.
- (b) **Utility services.** Insert the clause at 541.501(b), Disputes (Utility Contracts), in solicitations and contracts for utility services subject to the jurisdiction and regulation of a utility rate commission.

## Notes

### Amendments

[86 FR 55521, Oct. 6, 2021, as amended at 86 FR 61080, Nov. 5, 2021; 89 FR 55086, July 3, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c).

### Amendments

[86 FR 55521, Oct. 6, 2021, as amended at 86 FR 61080, Nov. 5, 2021; 89 FR 55086, July 3, 2024]