[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: 48CFR46]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 46_QUALITY ASSURANCE--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart 46.1_General
 
Sec.  46.102  Policy.

    Agencies shall ensure that--
    (a) Contracts include inspection and other quality requirements, 
including warranty clauses when appropriate, that are determined 
necessary to protect the Government's interest.
    (b) Supplies or services tendered by contractors meet contract 
requirements;
    (c) Government contract quality assurance is conducted before 
acceptance (except as otherwise provided in this part), by or under the 
direction of Government personnel;
    (d) No contract precludes the Government from performing inspection;
    (e) Nonconforming supplies or services are rejected, except as 
otherwise provided in 46.407;
    (f) Contracts for commercial items shall rely on a contractor's 
existing quality assurance system as a substitute for compliance with 
Government inspection and testing before tender for acceptance unless 
customary market practices for the commercial item being acquired permit 
in-process inspection (Section 8002 of Public Law 103-355). Any in-
process inspection by the Government shall be conducted in a manner 
consistent with commercial practice; and
    (g) The quality assurance and acceptance services of other agencies 
are used when this will be effective, economical, or otherwise in the 
Government's interest (see subpart 42.1.)

[48 FR 42415, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 60 FR 48249, Sept. 18, 1995]