FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 46: Quality Assurance › Subpart 46.7
FAR 46.709 Warranties of commercial products and commercial services.
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 to use commercial warranties, including extended warranties, when it benefits the Government and is appropriate. It matters to contractors because it signals that the Government may rely on the warranties you already offer for your commercial products and services.
Applies to: Contracting officers buying commercial products and commercial services
Key terms: commercial warranties · extended warranties · commercial products · commercial services · contracting officer
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
The contracting officer should take advantage of commercial warranties, including extended warranties, where appropriate and in the Government's best interests, offered by the contractor for the repair and replacement of commercial products and commercial services (see part 12).
← 46.708 Warranties of data. · 46.710 Contract clauses. →
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.