[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 46.3_Contract Clauses

 

46.316  Responsibility for supplies.



    The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.246-16, 

Responsibility for Supplies, in solicitations and contracts for (a) 

supplies, (b) services involving the furnishing of supplies, or (c) 

research and development, when a fixed-price contract is contemplated 

and the contract amount is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition 

threshold. The contracting officer may insert the clause in such 

solicitations and contracts when the contract amount is not expected to 

exceed the simplified acquisition threshold and inclusion of the clause 

is authorized under agency procedures.



[48 FR 42415, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 60 FR 34760, July 3, 1995]