FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 46: Quality Assurance › Subpart 46.3
FAR 46.304 Fixed-price service 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 Services—Fixed-Price clause in fixed-price service contracts. It matters because if your contract includes this clause, it sets out how the government will inspect and accept your services.
Applies to: Contracting officers awarding fixed-price contracts for services or supplies involving services.
Key terms: fixed-price service contracts · 52.246-4, Inspection of Services—Fixed-Price · simplified acquisition threshold · solicitations · contracting officer
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 52.246-4, Inspection of Services—Fixed-Price, in solicitations and contracts for services, or supplies that involve the furnishing of services, 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 is in the Government's interest.
Sections it refers to
- 52.246-4 Inspection of Services—Fixed-Price.
Sections that refer to it
- 52.246-4 Inspection of Services—Fixed-Price.
← 46.303 Cost-reimbursement supply contracts. · 46.305 Cost-reimbursement service contracts. →
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.