FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 46: Quality Assurance › Subpart 46.7
FAR 46.702 General.
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 explains the main purposes of a warranty in a Government contract: to define the contractor's and the Government's rights and obligations for defective items and services, and to encourage quality performance. It also describes what a warranty generally should provide and notes that its benefits must be worth its cost to the Government.
Applies to: Warranties in Government contracts
Key terms: warranty · defective items and services · quality performance · correction of defects · acceptance
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The text
(a) The principal purposes of a warranty in a Government contract are (1) to delineate the rights and obligations of the contractor and the Government for defective items and services and (2) to foster quality performance.
(b) Generally, a warranty should provide—
(1) A contractual right for the correction of defects notwithstanding any other requirement f the contract pertaining to acceptance of the supplies or services by the Government; and
(2) A stated period of time or use, or the occurrence of a specified event, after acceptance by the Government to assert a contractual right for the correction of defects.
(c) The benefits to be derived from a warranty must be commensurate with the cost of the warranty to the Government.
← 46.701 [Reserved] · 46.703 Criteria for use of warranties. →
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.