[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 46.4--Government Contract Quality Assurance
 
46.401  General.


    (a) Government contract quality assurance shall be performed at such 
times (including any stage of manufacture or performance of services) 
and places (including subcontractors' plants) as may be necessary to 
determine that the supplies or services conform to contract 
requirements. Quality assurance surveillance plans should be prepared in 
conjunction with the preparation of the statement of work. The plans 
should specify--
    (1) All work requiring surveillance; and
    (2) The method of surveillance.
    (b) Each contract shall designate the place or places where the 
Government reserves the right to perform quality assurance.
    (c) If the contract provides for performance of Government quality 
assurance at source, the place or places of performance may not be 
changed without the authorization of the contracting officer.
    (d) If a contract provides for delivery and acceptance at 
destination and the Government inspects the supplies at a place other 
than destination, the supplies shall not ordinarily be reinspected at 
destination, but should be examined for quantity, damage in transit, and 
possible substitution or fraud.
    (e) Government inspection shall be performed by or under the 
direction or supervision of Government personnel.
    (f) Government inspection shall be documented on an inspection or 
receiving report form or commercial shipping document/packing list, 
under agency procedures (see subpart 46.6).
    (g) Agencies may prescribe the use of inspection approval or 
disapproval stamps to identify and control supplies and material that 
have been inspected for conformance with contract quality requirements.

[48 FR 42415, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 62 FR 44816, Aug. 22, 1997]