[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

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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 46.1_General

 

46.103  Contracting office responsibilities.



    Contracting offices are responsible for--

    (a) Receiving from the activity responsible for technical 

requirements any specifications for inspection, testing, and other 

contract quality requirements essential to ensure the integrity of the 

supplies or services (the activity responsible for technical 

requirements is responsible for prescribing contract quality 

requirements, such as inspection and testing requirements or, for 

service contracts, a quality assurance surveillance plan);

    (b) Including in solicitations and contracts the appropriate 

requirements for the contractor's control of quality for the supplies or 

services to be acquired;

    (c) Issuing any necessary instructions to the cognizant contract 

administration office and acting on recommendations submitted by that 

office (see 42.301 and 46.104(f);

    (d) When contract administration is retained (see 42.201), verifying 

that the contractor fulfills the contract quality requirements; and

    (e) Ensuring that nonconformances are identified, and establishing 

the significance of a nonconformance when considering the acceptability 

of supplies or services which do not meet contract requirements.



[48 FR 42415, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 61 FR 31663, June 20, 1996; 

62 FR 44816, Aug. 22, 1997; 63 FR 9065, Feb. 23, 1998]