[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR245.301]

[Page 334]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                    CHAPTER 2--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
 
PART 245--GOVERNMENT PROPERTY--Table of Contents
 
       Subpart 245.3--Providing Government Property to Contractors
 
Sec. 245.301  Definitions.


    Agency-peculiar property, as used in DoD, means military property 
and includes end items and integral components of military weapons 
systems, along with the related peculiar support equipment which is not 
readily available as a commercial item.
    Facilities project means a Government project to provide, modernize 
or replace facilities for use by a contractor in performing a Government 
contract or subcontract.
    Industrial plant equipment (IPE) means plant equipment in Federal 
stock group 34 with an acquisition cost of $15,000 or more used for 
cutting, abrading, grinding, shaping, forming, joining, heating, 
treating, or otherwise altering the physical properties of materials, 
components or end items entailed in manufacturing, maintenance, supply, 
processing, assembly, or research and development operations. IPE is 
further identified in AR 700-43/NAVSUP PUB 5009/AFM 78-9/DLAM 4215.1, 
Management of Defense-Owned Industrial Plant Equipment.
    Mapping, charting, and geodesy (MC&G) property is defined in the 
clause at 252.245-7000, Government Furnished Mapping, Charting and 
Geodesy Property.
    Other plant equipment (OPE) means plant equipment regardless of 
dollar value, used in or in conjunction with the manufacture of 
components or end items relative to maintenance, supply, processing, 
assembly or research and development operations. OPE excludes equipment 
categorized as IPE.
    Provide means either to furnish, as in Government-furnished 
property, or to acquire, as in contractor-acquired property.