[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: 48CFR46]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 46--QUALITY ASSURANCE--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart 46.3--Contract Clauses
 
46.307  Fixed-price research and development contracts.

    (a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.246-7, 
Inspection of Research and Development--Fixed-Price, in solicitations 
and contracts for research and development when (1) the primary 
objective of the contract is the delivery of end items other than 
designs, drawings, or reports, (2) a fixed-price contract is 
contemplated, and (3) the contract amount is expected to exceed the 
simplified acquisition threshold; unless use of the clause is 
impractical and the clause prescribed in 46.309 is considered to be more 
appropriate.
    (b) The contracting officer may insert the clause in such 
solicitations and contracts when the contract amount is expected to be 
at or below the simplified acquisition threshold,

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and its use is in the Government's interest.

[48 FR 42415, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 60 FR 34760, July 3, 1995]