[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 45.5--Management of Government Property in the Possession of 
                               Contractors
 
45.505-4  Records of special tooling and special test equipment.

    (Note: The special tooling requirements of this subsection 45.505-4 
do not apply to nonprofit organizations except for paragraph (c).)
    (a) Unless summary records are used as authorized under 45.505-1(b), 
the contractor's property control system shall provide the basic 
information listed in 45.505-1(a) regarding each item of Government-
owned special tooling and special test equipment, including any general 
purpose test equipment incorporated as components in such a manner that 
removal and reuse may be feasible and economical.
    (b) If the contractor uses group pricing of special tooling or 
special test equipment, as recognized in 45.505-2(b), unit prices may be 
computed when required.
    (c) In the case of special tooling acquired or fabricated by 
nonprofit organizations or furnished by the Government to nonprofit 
organizations for research and development, the Government invoices, 
contractor's purchase document, or other documents that evidence 
acquisition or issue will be accepted as adequate property control 
records.
    (d) Records identifying special tooling and special test equipment 
shall include the identification number and item on which used.

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    (e) The contractor shall, when specified by the contract, identify 
and report special tooling and special test equipment by retention 
category (e.g., assembly tooling or critical tooling for spares or 
replacements).

[48 FR 42392, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 59 FR 11384, Mar. 10, 1994]