[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
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[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.  46.403  Government contract quality assurance at destination.

    (a) Government contract quality assurance that can be performed at 
destination is normally limited to inspection of the supplies or 
services. Inspection shall be performed at destination under the 
following circumstances--
    (1) Supplies are purchased off-the-shelf and require no technical 
inspection;
    (2) Necessary testing equipment is located only at destination;
    (3) Perishable subsistence supplies purchased within the United 
States, except that those supplies destined for overseas shipment will 
normally be inspected for condition and quantity at points of 
embarkation;
    (4) Brand name products purchased for authorized resale through 
commissaries or similar facilities (however, supplies destined for 
direct overseas shipment may be accepted by the contracting officer or 
an authorized representative on the basis of a tally sheet evidencing 
receipt of shipment signed by the port transportation officer or other 
designated official at the transshipment point);
    (5) The products being purchased are processed under direct control 
of the National Institutes of Health or the Food and Drug Administration 
of the Department of Health and Human Services;
    (6) The contract is for services performed at destination; or
    (7) It is determined for other reasons to be in the Government's 
interest.
    (b) Overseas inspection of supplies shipped from the United States 
shall not be required except in unusual circumstances, and then only 
when the contracting officer determines in advance that inspection can 
be performed or makes necessary arrangements for its performance.