FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 45: Government Property
FAR 45.000 Scope of part.
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 what FAR Part 45 covers: policies and procedures for giving Government property to contractors, how contractors manage and use that property, and how contractor inventory is reported, redistributed, and disposed of. It also lists situations the part does not cover, such as certain leasing arrangements, property tied only to certain payments, real property disposal, software and intellectual property, and property incidental to the place of performance.
Applies to: Contractors who receive, manage, use, report, redistribute, or dispose of Government property under a contract
Key terms: Government property · contractor inventory · statutory leasing authority · real property · incidental to the place of performance
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) This part prescribes policies and procedures for providing Government property to contractors; contractors' management and use of Government property; and reporting, redistributing, and disposing of contractor inventory.
(b) It does not apply to—
(1) Government property provided under any statutory leasing authority, except as to non-Government use of property under 45.301(f);
(2) Property to which the Government has acquired a lien or title solely because of partial, advance, progress, or performance based payments;
(3) Disposal of real property;
(4) Software and intellectual property; or
(5) Government property that is incidental to the place of performance, when the contract requires contractor personnel to be located on a Government site or installation, and when the property used by the contractor within the location remains accountable to the Government. Items considered to be incidental to the place of performance include, for example, office space, desks, chairs, telephones, computers, and fax machines.
Sections it refers to
- 45.301 Use and rental.
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.