[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 46.4_Government Contract Quality Assurance

 

46.402  Government contract quality assurance at source.



    Agencies shall perform contract quality assurance, including 

inspection, at source if--

    (a) Performance at any other place would require uneconomical 

disassembly or destructive testing;

    (b) Considerable loss would result from the manufacture and shipment 

of unacceptable supplies, or from the delay in making necessary 

corrections;

    (c) Special required instruments, gauges, or facilities are 

available only at source;

    (d) Performance at any other place would destroy or require the 

replacement of costly special packing and packaging;

    (e) Government inspection during contract performance is essential; 

or

    (f) It is determined for other reasons to be in the Government's 

interest.



[48 FR 42415, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 60 FR 48250, Sept. 18, 1995; 

63 FR 70290, Dec. 18, 1998]