[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 46.3_Contract Clauses
 
Sec.  46.316  Responsibility for supplies.

    The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.246-16, 
Responsibility for Supplies, in solicitations and contracts for (a) 
supplies, (b) services involving the furnishing of supplies, or (c) 
research and development, when a fixed-price contract is contemplated 
and the contract amount is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition 
threshold. The contracting officer may insert the clause in such 
solicitations and contracts when the contract amount is not expected to 
exceed the simplified acquisition threshold and inclusion of the clause 
is authorized under agency procedures.

[48 FR 42415, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 60 FR 34760, July 3, 1995]