FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 46: Quality Assurance › Subpart 46.3
FAR 46.309 Research and development contracts (short form).
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 Research and Development (Short Form) clause, 52.246-9, in research and development solicitations and contracts when the clauses from 46.307 or 46.308 are not used. For a contractor, it means an R&D contract may contain this specific inspection clause instead of the other inspection clauses.
Applies to: Solicitations and contracts for research and development
Key terms: contracting officer · 52.246-9 · Inspection of Research and Development (Short Form) · research and development · 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 52.246-9, Inspection of Research and Development (Short Form), in solicitations and contracts for research and development when the clause prescribed in 46.307 or the clause prescribed in 46.308 is not used.
Sections it refers to
← 46.308 Cost-reimbursement research and development contracts. · 46.310 [Reserved] →
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.