[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 46.4_Government Contract Quality Assurance

 

46.403  Government contract quality assurance at destination.



    (a) Government contract quality assurance that can be performed at 

destination is normally limited to inspection of the supplies or 

services. Inspection shall be performed at destination under the 

following circumstances--

    (1) Supplies are purchased off-the-shelf and require no technical 

inspection;

    (2) Necessary testing equipment is located only at destination;

    (3) Perishable subsistence supplies purchased within the United 

States, except that those supplies destined for overseas shipment will 

normally be inspected for condition and quantity at points of 

embarkation;

    (4) Brand name products purchased for authorized resale through 

commissaries or similar facilities (however, supplies destined for 

direct overseas shipment may be accepted by the contracting officer or 

an authorized representative on the basis of a tally sheet evidencing 

receipt of shipment signed by the port transportation officer or other 

designated official at the transshipment point);

    (5) The products being purchased are processed under direct control 

of the National Institutes of Health or the Food and Drug Administration 

of the Department of Health and Human Services;

    (6) The contract is for services performed at destination; or

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

interest.

    (b) Overseas inspection of supplies shipped from the United States 

shall not be required except in unusual circumstances, and then only 

when the contracting officer determines in advance that inspection can 

be performed or makes necessary arrangements for its performance.