[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

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 45.1_General

 

45.101  Definitions.





    (a) Contractor-acquired property, as used in this part, means 

property acquired or otherwise provided by the contractor for performing 

a contract and to which the Government has title.

    Government-furnished property, as used in this part, means property 

in the possession of, or directly acquired by, the Government and 

subsequently made available to the contractor.

    Government property means all property owned by or leased to the 

Government or acquired by the Government under the terms of the 

contract. It includes both Government-furnished property and contractor-

acquired property as defined in this section.

    Plant equipment, as used in this part, means personal property of a 

capital nature (including equipment, machine tools, test equipment, 

furniture, vehicles, and accessory and auxiliary items) for use in 

manufacturing supplies, in performing services, or for any 

administrative or general plant purpose. It does not include special 

tooling or special test equipment.

    Property, as used in this part, means all property, both real and 

personal. It includes facilities, material, special tooling, special 

test equipment, and agency-peculiar property.

    Real property, as used in this part, means land and rights in land, 

ground improvements, utility distribution systems, and buildings and 

other structures. It does not include foundations and other work 

necessary for installing



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special tooling, special test equipment, or plant equipment.

    Special test equipment, as used in this part, means either single or 

multipurpose integrated test units engineered, designed, fabricated, or 

modified to accomplish special purpose testing in performing a contract. 

It consists of items or assemblies of equipment, including standard or 

general purpose items or components, that are interconnected and 

interdependent so as to become a new functional entity for special 

testing purposes. It does not include material, special tooling, 

facilities (except foundations and similar improvements necessary for 

installing special test equipment), and plant equipment items used for 

general plant testing purposes.

    Special tooling, as used in this part, means jigs, dies, fixtures, 

molds, patterns, taps, gauges, other equipment and manufacturing aids, 

all components of these items, and replacement of these items, which are 

of such a specialized nature that without substantial modification or 

alteration their use is limited to the development or production of 

particular supplies or parts thereof or to the performance of particular 

services. It does not include material, special test equipment, 

facilities (except foundations and similar improvements necessary for 

installing special tooling), general or special machine tools, or 

similar capital items.

    (b) Additional definitions also applying throughout this part appear 

in those subparts where the terms are most frequently used.



[48 FR 42392, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 51 FR 19716, May 30, 1986; 

51 FR 33270, Sept. 19, 1986; 53 FR 27468, July 20, 1988]