FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 46: Quality Assurance › Subpart 46.3
FAR 46.308 Cost-reimbursement research and development 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 put the Inspection of Research and Development—Cost-Reimbursement clause (52.246-8) into solicitations and contracts. It applies when the contract's main goal is delivering end items other than designs, drawings, or reports and a cost-reimbursement contract is planned. If the contract will be on a no-fee basis, the clause must be used with Alternate I.
Applies to: Contracting officers handling cost-reimbursement research and development contracts
What it requires
- Insert the clause at 52.246-8 in solicitations and contracts for research and development when the stated conditions are met
- Use the clause with Alternate I if the contract is contemplated to be on a no-fee basis
Key terms: cost-reimbursement contract · no-fee basis · Alternate I · end items · 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 52.246-8, Inspection of Research and Development—Cost-Reimbursement, in solicitations and contracts for research and development when (a) the primary objective of the contract is the delivery of end items other than designs, drawings, or reports, and (b) a cost-reimbursement contract is contemplated; unless use of the clause is impractical and the clause prescribed in 46.309 is considered to be more appropriate. If it is contemplated that the contract will be on a no-fee basis, the contracting officer shall use the clause with its Alternate I.
Sections it refers to
← 46.307 Fixed-price research and development contracts. · 46.309 Research and development contracts (short form). →
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.