FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 46: Quality Assurance › Subpart 46.5
FAR 46.503 Place of 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 requires every contract to state where acceptance of supplies or services will occur. It also links the place of acceptance to where the Government performs quality assurance, and limits reinspection when acceptance happens somewhere other than destination.
Applies to: Contracts that provide for Government contract quality assurance
What it requires
- Specify the place of acceptance in each contract
- Ordinarily provide for acceptance at source when quality assurance is at source
- Ordinarily provide for acceptance at destination when quality assurance is at destination
- Do not reinspect supplies at destination for acceptance purposes if accepted elsewhere, but examine them at destination for quantity, damage in transit, and possible substitution or fraud
Key terms: place of acceptance · Government contract quality assurance at source · Government contract quality assurance at destination · destination · reinspected
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The text
Each contract shall specify the place of acceptance. Contracts that provide for Government contract quality assurance at source shall ordinarily provide for acceptance at source. Contracts that provide for Government contract quality assurance at destination shall ordinarily provide for acceptance at destination. (For transportation terms, see subpart 47.3). Supplies accepted at a place other than destination shall not be reinspected at destination for acceptance purposes, but should be examined at destination for quantity, damage in transit, and possible substitution or fraud.
← 46.502 Responsibility for acceptance. · 46.504 Certificate of conformance. →
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.