[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 46.4_Government Contract Quality Assurance
 
Sec.  46.402  Government contract quality assurance at source.

    Agencies shall perform contract quality assurance, including 
inspection, at source if--
    (a) Performance at any other place would require uneconomical 
disassembly or destructive testing;
    (b) Considerable loss would result from the manufacture and shipment 
of unacceptable supplies, or from the delay in making necessary 
corrections;
    (c) Special required instruments, gauges, or facilities are 
available only at source;
    (d) Performance at any other place would destroy or require the 
replacement of costly special packing and packaging;
    (e) Government inspection during contract performance is essential; 
or
    (f) It is determined for other reasons to be in the Government's 
interest.

[48 FR 42415, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 60 FR 48250, Sept. 18, 1995; 
63 FR 70290, Dec. 18, 1998]

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