FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 46: Quality Assurance › Subpart 46.3
FAR 46.305 Cost-reimbursement 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 the contracting officer to include the Inspection of Services—Cost Reimbursement clause in certain solicitations and contracts. It matters to contractors because it signals that cost-reimbursement service work will be subject to that inspection clause.
Applies to: Solicitations and contracts for services, or supplies involving services, when a cost-reimbursement contract is contemplated
Key terms: cost-reimbursement contract · Inspection of Services—Cost Reimbursement · contracting officer · solicitations
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 52.246-5, Inspection of Services—Cost Reimbursement, in solicitations and contracts for services, or supplies that involve the furnishing of services, when a cost-reimbursement contract is contemplated.
Sections it refers to
- 52.246-5 Inspection of Services—Cost-Reimbursement.
Sections that refer to it
- 52.246-5 Inspection of Services—Cost-Reimbursement.
← 46.304 Fixed-price service contracts. · 46.306 Time-and-material and labor-hour contracts. →
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.