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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 34: Major System Acquisition › Subpart 34.1

FAR 34.103 Testing and qualification.

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 contractors who receive requests from a Title III project contractor for testing and qualification of a Title III industrial resource to forward those requests to the contracting officer. The contracting officer then evaluates the request under agency procedures, and if the determination is affirmative, modifies the contract to require the contractor to perform the testing. The Title III Program office supplies the industrial resource needed for testing.

Applies to: Contractors receiving requests from a Title III project contractor for testing and qualification of a Title III industrial resource

What it requires

  • Refer requests from a Title III project contractor for testing and qualification of a Title III industrial resource to the contracting officer
  • If the contracting officer's determination is affirmative, test the Title III industrial resource for qualification as required by the modified contract

Key terms: Title III project contractor · Title III industrial resource · contracting officer · major system · testing and qualification

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

The text

(a) Contractors receiving requests from a Title III project contractor for testing and qualification of a Title III industrial resource shall refer such requests to the contracting officer. The contracting officer shall evaluate the request in accordance with agency procedures to determine whether: (1) the Title III industrial resource is being or potentially may be used in the development or manufacture of a major system or item of supply; and (2) for major systems in production, remaining quantities to be acquired are sufficient to justify incurring the cost of testing and qualification. In evaluating this request, the contracting officer shall consult with the Defense Production Act Office, Title III Program, located at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 45433-7739.

(b) If the determination at 34.103(a) is affirmative, the contracting officer shall modify the contract to require the contractor to test the Title III industrial resource for qualification.

(c) The Defense Production Act Office, Title III Program, shall provide to the contractor the industrial resource produced by the Title III project contractor in sufficient amounts to meet testing needs.

← 34.102 Policy. · 34.104 Contract clause. →

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

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