FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 45: Government Property › Subpart 45.1
FAR 45.106 Transferring accountability.
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 says that government property can only be moved from one contract to another when the receiving contract has a firm need for it. The transfer must be documented by changing both contracts, and after the move the property is treated as government-furnished property for the receiving contract. It also notes that certain warranties about suitability and timely delivery do not apply to property the contractor originally acquired or made as contractor-acquired property and then transferred to another contract with the same contractor.
Applies to: Government property transferred between contracts
What it requires
- Transfer property only when firm requirements exist under the gaining contract
- Document transfers by modifying both the gaining and losing contracts
Key terms: Government property · gaining contract · losing contract · Government-furnished property · contractor-acquired property
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The text
Government property shall be transferred from one contract to another only when firm requirements exist under the gaining contract (see 45.102). Such transfers shall be documented by modifications to both gaining and losing contracts. Once transferred, all property shall be considered Government-furnished property to the gaining contract. The warranties of suitability of use and timely delivery of Government-furnished property do not apply to property acquired or fabricated by the contractor as contractor-acquired property that is subsequently transferred to another contract with the same contractor.
Sections it refers to
- 45.102 Policy.
← 45.105 Contractors' property management system compliance. · 45.107 Contract clauses. →
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.