[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR45]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 45_GOVERNMENT PROPERTY--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart 45.3_Providing Government Property to Contractors
 
Sec.  45.307-2  Acquiring special test equipment.

    (a) When special test equipment or components are known, the 
solicitation (and the contract) shall separately identify each item to 
be furnished by the Government or acquired or fabricated by the 
contractor for the Government. Individual items of less than $5,000 may 
be grouped by category.
    (b) Notice and approval. Under negotiated contracts containing the 
clause at 52.245-18, Special Test Equipment, the contractor must notify 
the contracting officer if it intends to acquire or fabricate special 
test equipment. Within 30 days of receipt of the notice, the contracting 
officer shall--
    (1) Review the proposed items for necessity and proper 
classification as special test equipment;
    (2) Screen the availability of existing Government-owned test 
equipment in accordance with agency procedures; and
    (3) Notify the contractor, approving or disapproving the acquisition 
or fabrication and, if it is disapproved, state whether the equipment 
will be furnished by the Government.

[48 FR 42392, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 57 FR 60588, Dec. 21, 1992]