[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 45.4--Contractor Use and Rental of Government Property
 
45.402  Authorizing use of Government production and research property.

    (a) Contracting officers who believe it to be in the Government's 
interest for a prospective contractor or subcontractor to use existing 
Government production and research property shall authorize such use in 
the contract. The contracting officer shall confirm the availability of 
the property before authorizing its use on either a rental or rent-free 
basis.
    (b) Unless the solicitation provides for the successful offeror to 
use Government production and research property in the offeror's 
possession, the solicitation shall require any offeror desiring to use 
such property to request the written concurrence of the contracting 
officer cognizant of the property. To preclude a competitive advantage, 
the contracting officer's concurrence should include any information 
required by subpart 45.2.
    (c) The contracting officer shall review the contractor's request 
for non-Government use of Government production and research property 
when the property is no longer required for performing Government 
contracts but is retained for spares or for mobilization and readiness 
requirements. (Also see 45.302-1(b)(3).)