FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 46: Quality Assurance › Subpart 46.3
FAR 46.302 Fixed-price supply contracts.
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 contracting officers when to include the Inspection of Supplies—Fixed-Price clause in fixed-price supply contracts. It matters to contractors because that clause governs how the Government inspects and accepts the supplies they deliver.
Applies to: Contracting officers awarding fixed-price supply contracts
Key terms: Inspection of Supplies—Fixed-Price · simplified acquisition threshold · fixed-price incentive contract · fixed-ceiling-price contract with retroactive price redetermination · Alternate I
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.246-2, Inspection of Supplies—Fixed-Price, in solicitations and contracts for supplies, or services that involve the furnishing of supplies, when a fixed-price contract is contemplated and the contract amount is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. The contracting officer may insert the clause in such solicitations and contracts when the contract amount is expected to be at or below the simplified acquisition threshold and inclusion of the clause is in the Government's interest. If a fixed-price incentive contract is contemplated, the contracting officer shall use the clause with its Alternate I. If a fixed-ceiling-price contract with retroactive price redetermination is contemplated, the contracting officer shall use the clause with its Alternate II.
Sections it refers to
- 52.246-2 Inspection of Supplies—Fixed-Price.
← 46.301 Contractor inspection requirements. · 46.303 Cost-reimbursement supply contracts. →
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.