FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 46: Quality Assurance › Subpart 46.3
FAR 46.311 Higher-level contract quality requirement.
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 Higher-Level Contract Quality Requirement clause (52.246-11) in solicitations and contracts, and what details they must fill in for each quality standard. For contractors, it means a contract may require compliance with a specific higher-level quality standard, so you should check the clause and the standard it names.
Applies to: Contracting officers and contractors under solicitations or contracts that include a higher-level contract quality requirement
Key terms: higher-level contract quality requirement · 52.246-11 · Higher-Level Contract Quality Requirement · tailoring
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The text
(a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.246-11, Higher-Level Contract Quality Requirement, in solicitations and contracts when the inclusion of a higher-level contract quality requirement is necessary (see 46.202-4).
(b) For each higher-level quality standard, the contracting officer shall fill in the title, number, date, and tailoring (if any).
Sections it refers to
Sections that refer to it
- 52.246-11 Higher-Level Contract Quality Requirement.
← 46.310 [Reserved] · 46.312 Construction contracts. →
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.