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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 246: Quality Assurance › Subpart 246.7

DFARS 246.708 Warranties of data.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This section tells contracting officers to obtain warranties on technical data when it is practical and cost effective, using factors from FAR 46.703. It also lists two things to consider before using extended liability provisions in such warranties. For contractors, it means technical data you deliver may carry warranty obligations, and in some cases extended liability.

Applies to: Contracts involving technical data and the contracting officers who decide on warranties

Key terms: warranties of technical data · extended liability provisions · nonconforming data · price adjustment · technical data

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

Obtain warranties on technical data when practicable and cost effective. Consider the factors in FAR 46.703 in deciding whether to obtain warranties of technical data. Consider the following in deciding whether to use extended liability provisions—

(1) The likelihood that correction or replacement of the nonconforming data, or a price adjustment, will not give adequate protection to the Government; and

(2) The effectiveness of the additional remedy as a deterrent against furnishing nonconforming data.

Sections it refers to

  • 46.703 Criteria for use of warranties.

Sections that refer to it

  • 246.704 Authority for use of warranties.

← 246.706 Warranty terms and conditions. · 246.710 Contract clauses. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 246

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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