FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 46: Quality Assurance › Subpart 46.3
FAR 46.306 Time-and-material and labor-hour 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 when to include the Inspection—Time-and-Material and Labor-Hour clause in solicitations and contracts. It matters to contractors because it signals that inspection and acceptance terms will apply to time-and-material or labor-hour work, and may include an alternate if inspection happens at the contractor's plant.
Applies to: Contracting officers awarding time-and-material or labor-hour contracts
Key terms: time-and-material contract · labor-hour contract · 52.246-6 · Alternate I · contractor's plant
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The text
The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.246-6, Inspection—Time-and-Material and Labor-Hour, in solicitations and contracts when a time-and-material contract or a labor-hour contract is contemplated. If Government inspection and acceptance are to be performed at the contractor's plant, the contracting officer shall use the clause with its Alternate I.
Sections it refers to
- 52.246-6 Inspection—Time-and-Material and Labor-Hour.
Sections that refer to it
- 52.246-6 Inspection—Time-and-Material and Labor-Hour.
← 46.305 Cost-reimbursement service contracts. · 46.307 Fixed-price research and development contracts. →
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.