DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
ACQUISITION REGULATION (DIAR)

PART 1428 -- BONDS AND INSURANCE



Subpart 1428.3 INSURANCE
1428.301 Policy
1428.306 Insurance under fixed-price contracts
1428.306-70 Insurance for aircraft service contracts
1428.311 Solicitation provision and contract clause on liability insurance under cost- reimbursement contracts
1428.311-2 Contract clause

SUBPART 1428.3 -- INSURANCE

1428.301 Policy

It is the policy of DOI to insure its own risks only when such action is in the best interest of the Government. Circumstances where contractors are required to carry insurance are listed underFAR28.301 and28.306. In these circumstances, the CO shall insert the clause at 1452.228-70, Liability Insurance-- Department of the Interior, in solicitations and contracts.

1428.306 Insurance under fixed-price contracts

1428.306-70 Insurance for aircraft services contracts

(a) Policy. The CO shall insert minimum insurance requirements in aircraft services contracts in order to protect the Governmentand its contractors.

(b) Applicability. The clauses prescribed by paragraph (c)of this section are applicable to all fixed-price contracts involving use of aircraft with either a contractor-furnished or a Government-furnished pilot except for one- time charters when Government exposure is minimal and time limitations are present.

(c) Clauses. The following clauses shall be used as prescribed:

(1) The CO shall insert the clause at 1452.228-71,Aircraft and General Public Liability Insurance -- Departmentof the Interior, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price contract for operation of aircraft is anticipated and where the Government is using a contractor-furnished pilot.

(2) The CO shall insert the clause at 1452.228-72, Liability for Loss or Damage -- Department of the Interior, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price contract for use of aircraft is anticipated and where the Government does not have a property interest and is using a Government furnished pilot.

(3) The CO shall insert the clause at 1452.228-73,Liability for Loss or Damage (Property Interest) -- Department of the Interior, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed price contract for use of aircraft is anticipated and where the Government has a property interest in the aircraft and is using a Government furnished pilot (e.g., a lease with purchase option).

1428.311 Solicitation provision and contract clause on liability insurance under cost-reimbursement contracts

1428.311-2 Contract clause

The CO shall modify the clause at FAR 52.228-7, Insurance--Liability to Third Persons, in accordance with 1452.228-7, and insert in solicitations and contracts as prescribed in FAR 28.311-2.

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