FAR 36.609-2 Redesign responsibility for design errors or deficiencies
Subsection Federal Acquisition Regulation
Facts
- Citation
- FAR 36.609-2
- Type
- Subsection
- Text as of
- FAC 2026-01
- Official text
- acquisition.gov
Text from acquisition.gov. Federal Register history from the Federal Register's records of the rules that amended this subsection.
Text
(a) Under architect-engineer contracts, contractors shall be required to make necessary corrections at no cost to the Government when the designs, drawings, specifications, or other items or services furnished contain any errors, deficiencies, or inadequacies. If, in a given situation, the Government does not require a firm to correct such errors, the contracting officer shall include a written statement of the reasons for that decision in the contract file.
(b) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-23, Responsibility of the Architect-Engineer Contractor, in fixed-price architect-engineer contracts.
Sections cited
- FAR 52.236-23 Responsibility of the Architect-Engineer Contractor
Quick answers
What is FAR 36.609-2?
FAR 36.609-2 is a subsection of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, titled "Redesign responsibility for design errors or deficiencies".
Are changes to FAR 36.609-2 proposed?
No proposed rule from the last 3 years is waiting on a final rule.
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