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FAR 52.249-4

Termination for Convenience of the Government (Services) (Short Form)

A contract clause under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, placed in Uniform Contract Format Section I (Contract clauses).

Contract clausePrescribed in 49.502(c)UCF Section IIncorporated by reference

When it applies

May be used (FAR 49.502(c)) for fixed-price noncommercial service contracts of any value when the CO determines the contractor will not incur substantial settlement charges — surfaced as CO discretion because that determination is a judgment call the parameter model can't make.

Prescription

The FAR directs use of 52.249-4 at 49.502(c)read the prescribing section on acquisition.gov →.

Official text

The full, authoritative text of 52.249-4 is on acquisition.gov: View FAR 52.249-4 →

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