Clause

52.247-16 Contractor Responsibility for Returning Undelivered Freight.

(a) When, through no fault of the Contractor, a shipment cannot be delivered, the Contractor shall contact the shipper for disposition instructions. If the shipment is ordered returned to the origin point, the charges assessed for the return trip shall be the same as the charges assessed for the outbound trip. The shipper shall maintain a record of the goods that, through no fault of the Contractor, could not be delivered and are returned to the shipper. If, at a future date, the returned goods are determined to be related to a claim against the Contractor, the claim will be adjusted according

Type: Clause (C)
Prescribed in: 47.207-5(f)
Effective: Apr 1984
Primary source: eCFR 48 CFR 52.247-16 · acquisition.gov

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Applicability in the matrix

Contract types for 52.247-16 as published in the Smart Matrix
IBR	Yes Incorporated by reference
UCF	I
TRN	A As prescribed
SAP	A As prescribed

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