[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 45.3_Providing Government Property to Contractors

 

45.307-2  Acquiring special test equipment.



    (a) When special test equipment or components are known, the 

solicitation (and the contract) shall separately identify each item to 

be furnished by the Government or acquired or fabricated by the 

contractor for the Government. Individual items of less than $5,000 may 

be grouped by category.

    (b) Notice and approval. Under negotiated contracts containing the 

clause at 52.245-18, Special Test Equipment, the contractor must notify 

the contracting officer if it intends to acquire or fabricate special 

test equipment. Within 30 days of receipt of the notice, the contracting 

officer shall--

    (1) Review the proposed items for necessity and proper 

classification as special test equipment;

    (2) Screen the availability of existing Government-owned test 

equipment in accordance with agency procedures; and



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    (3) Notify the contractor, approving or disapproving the acquisition 

or fabrication and, if it is disapproved, state whether the equipment 

will be furnished by the Government.



[48 FR 42392, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 57 FR 60588, Dec. 21, 1992]