FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 46: Quality Assurance › Subpart 46.2
FAR 46.202-3 Standard inspection requirements.
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 standard inspection requirements come from certain FAR clauses and from the product or service specifications in the solicitation and contract. It matters because those clauses obligate the contractor to maintain an acceptable inspection system, allow Government inspections and tests during work, and keep inspection records available to the Government.
Applies to: Contractors subject to the inspection clauses prescribed in FAR 46.302 through 46.308
What it requires
- Provide and maintain an inspection system acceptable to the Government
- Keep complete records of inspection work and make them available to the Government
Key terms: standard inspection requirements · inspection system · solicitations · contracts · records of inspection work
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) Standard inspection requirements are contained in the clauses prescribed in 46.302 through 46.308, and in the product and service specifications that are included in solicitations and contracts.
(b) The clauses referred to in (a) above—
(1) Require the contractor to provide and maintain an inspection system that is acceptable to the Government;
(2) Give the Government the right to make inspections and tests while work is in process; and
(3) Require the contractor to keep complete, and make available to the Government, records of its inspection work.
← 46.202-2 Government reliance on inspection by contractor. · 46.202-4 Higher-level contract quality requirements. →
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.