FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 46: Quality Assurance › Subpart 46.5
FAR 46.502 Responsibility for acceptance.
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 states that the contracting officer is responsible for accepting supplies or services. If that responsibility is assigned to a contract administration office or another agency, their acceptance binds the Government. This matters because it tells contractors who has authority to accept what they deliver.
Applies to: Contracting officers and assigned contract administration offices or agencies
Key terms: acceptance · contracting officer · contract administration office · binding on the Government
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
Acceptance of supplies or services is the responsibility of the contracting officer. When this responsibility is assigned to a cognizant contract administration office or to another agency (see 42.202(g)), acceptance by that office or agency is binding on the Government.
Sections it refers to
- 42.202 Assignment of contract administration.
← 46.501 General. · 46.503 Place of acceptance. →
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.