[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: 48CFR46]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

 

PART 46_QUALITY ASSURANCE--Table of Contents

 

                          Subpart 46.1_General

 

46.102  Policy.



    Agencies shall ensure that--

    (a) Contracts include inspection and other quality requirements, 

including warranty clauses when appropriate, that are determined 

necessary to protect the Government's interest.

    (b) Supplies or services tendered by contractors meet contract 

requirements;

    (c) Government contract quality assurance is conducted before 

acceptance (except as otherwise provided in this part), by or under the 

direction of Government personnel;

    (d) No contract precludes the Government from performing inspection;

    (e) Nonconforming supplies or services are rejected, except as 

otherwise provided in 46.407;

    (f) Contracts for commercial items shall rely on a contractor's 

existing



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quality assurance system as a substitute for compliance with Government 

inspection and testing before tender for acceptance unless customary 

market practices for the commercial item being acquired permit in-

process inspection (Section 8002 of Public Law 103-355). Any in-process 

inspection by the Government shall be conducted in a manner consistent 

with commercial practice; and

    (g) The quality assurance and acceptance services of other agencies 

are used when this will be effective, economical, or otherwise in the 

Government's interest (see subpart 42.1.)



[48 FR 42415, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 60 FR 48249, Sept. 18, 1995]