FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 46: Quality Assurance › Subpart 46.3
FAR 46.316 Responsibility for supplies.
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
FAR 46.316 tells contracting officers when to include the clause at 52.246-16, Responsibility for Supplies, in solicitations and contracts. It applies to fixed-price contracts for supplies, services involving supplies, or research and development when the expected contract amount exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold. For smaller contracts, the clause may be included if agency procedures allow.
Applies to: Contracting officers issuing solicitations and contracts for supplies, services involving supplies, or research and development under fixed-price contracts.
What it requires
- Insert the clause at 52.246-16 in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price contract is contemplated and the contract amount is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold.
Key terms: 52.246-16, Responsibility for Supplies · simplified acquisition threshold · fixed-price contract · solicitations · contracts
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The text
The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.246-16, Responsibility for Supplies, in solicitations and contracts for (a) supplies, (b) services involving the furnishing of supplies, or (c) research and development, when a fixed-price contract is contemplated and the contract amount is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. The contracting officer may insert the clause in such solicitations and contracts when the contract amount is not expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold and inclusion of the clause is authorized under agency procedures.
Sections it refers to
- 52.246-16 Responsibility for Supplies.
← 46.315 Certificate of conformance. · 46.317 Reporting nonconforming items. →
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.