[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR45]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 45--GOVERNMENT PROPERTY--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart 45.1--General
 
45.101  Definitions.


    (a) Contractor-acquired property, as used in this part, means 
property acquired or otherwise provided by the contractor for performing 
a contract and to which the Government has title.
    Government-furnished property, as used in this part, means property 
in the possession of, or directly acquired by, the Government and 
subsequently made available to the contractor.
    Government property means all property owned by or leased to the 
Government or acquired by the Government under the terms of the 
contract. It includes both Government-furnished property and contractor-
acquired property as defined in this section.
    Plant equipment, as used in this part, means personal property of a 
capital nature (including equipment, machine tools, test equipment, 
furniture, vehicles, and accessory and auxiliary items) for use in 
manufacturing supplies, in performing services, or for any 
administrative or general plant purpose. It does not include special 
tooling or special test equipment.
    Property, as used in this part, means all property, both real and 
personal. It includes facilities, material, special tooling, special 
test equipment, and agency-peculiar property.
    Real property, as used in this part, means land and rights in land, 
ground improvements, utility distribution systems, and buildings and 
other structures. It does not include foundations and other work 
necessary for installing special tooling, special test equipment, or 
plant equipment.
    Special test equipment, as used in this part, means either single or 
multipurpose integrated test units engineered,

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designed, fabricated, or modified to accomplish special purpose testing 
in performing a contract. It consists of items or assemblies of 
equipment, including standard or general purpose items or components, 
that are interconnected and interdependent so as to become a new 
functional entity for special testing purposes. It does not include 
material, special tooling, facilities (except foundations and similar 
improvements necessary for installing special test equipment), and plant 
equipment items used for general plant testing purposes.
    Special tooling, as used in this part, means jigs, dies, fixtures, 
molds, patterns, taps, gauges, other equipment and manufacturing aids, 
all components of these items, and replacement of these items, which are 
of such a specialized nature that without substantial modification or 
alteration their use is limited to the development or production of 
particular supplies or parts thereof or to the performance of particular 
services. It does not include material, special test equipment, 
facilities (except foundations and similar improvements necessary for 
installing special tooling), general or special machine tools, or 
similar capital items.
    (b) Additional definitions also applying throughout this part appear 
in those subparts where the terms are most frequently used.

[48 FR 42392, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 51 FR 19716, May 30, 1986; 
51 FR 33270, Sept. 19, 1986; 53 FR 27468, July 20, 1988]