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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 42: Contract Administration and Audit Services › Subpart 42.11

FAR 42.1101 General.

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 explains that production surveillance is part of contract administration, used to check contractor progress and spot anything that might delay performance. It involves the Government reviewing the contractor's performance plans, schedules, controls, and industrial processes, as well as the contractor's actual performance under them.

Applies to: Government contract administration and contractors whose performance is being monitored

Key terms: production surveillance · contract administration · contractor progress · performance plans · industrial processes

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

The text

Production surveillance is a function of contract administration used to determine contractor progress and to identify any factors that may delay performance. Production surveillance involves Government review and analysis of (a) contractor performance plans, schedules, controls, and industrial processes and (b) the contractor's actual performance under them.

← 42.903 Solicitation provision and contract clause. · 42.1102 Applicability. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 42

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

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