[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 45.3--Providing Government Property to Contractors
 
45.301  Definitions.

    Agency-peculiar property, as used in this subpart, means Government-
owned personal property that is peculiar to the mission of one agency 
(e.g., military or space property). It excludes Government material, 
special test equipment, special tooling, and facilities.
    Facilities, as used in this subpart and when used in other than a 
facilities contract, means property used for production, maintenance, 
research, development, or testing. It includes plant equipment and real 
property (see 45.101). It does not include material, special test 
equipment, special tooling, or agency-peculiar property.
    Facilities contract, as used in this subpart, means a contract under 
which Government facilities are provided to a contractor or 
subcontractor by the Government for use in connection with performing 
one or more related contracts for supplies or services. It is used 
occasionally to provide special

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tooling or special test equipment. Facilities contracts may take any of 
the following forms:
    (a) A facilities acquisition contract providing for the acquisition, 
construction, and installation of facilities.
    (b) A facilities use contract providing for the use, maintenance, 
accountability, and disposition of facilities.
    (c) A consolidated facilities contract, which is a combination of a 
facilities acquisition and a facilities use contract.
    Government production and research property, as used in this 
subpart, means Government-owned facilities, Government-owned special 
test equipment, and special tooling to which the Government has title or 
the right to acquire title.
    Material, as used in this subpart, means property that may be 
incorporated into or attached to a deliverable end item or that may be 
consumed or expended in performing a contract. It includes assemblies, 
components, parts, raw and processed materials, and small tools and 
supplies that may be consumed in normal use in performing a contract.
    Nonprofit organization, as used in this subpart, means any 
corporation, foundation, trust, or institution operated for scientific, 
educational, or medical purposes, not organized for profit, and no part 
of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private 
shareholder or individual.
    Nonseverable, as used in this subpart, when related to Government 
production and research property, means property that cannot be removed 
after erection or installation without substantial loss of value or 
damage to the property or to the premises where installed.

[48 FR 42392, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 57 FR 60589, Dec. 21, 1992