FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 46: Quality Assurance › Subpart 46.8
FAR 46.801 Applicability.
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 when the government's quality assurance rules in this subpart do not apply. It excludes contracts for commercial products and commercial services, as well as contracts for information technology, construction, architect-engineer services, and maintenance and rehabilitation of real property. It also points to another subpart for warranty rules about nonconforming technical data.
Applies to: Contracts other than those for commercial products, commercial services, information technology, construction, architect-engineer services, and maintenance and rehabilitation of real property
Key terms: commercial products · commercial services · information technology · construction · architect-engineer services
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) This subpart does not apply to commercial products and commercial services. This subpart applies to contracts other than those for—
(1) Information technology, including telecommunications;
(2) Construction;
(3) Architect-engineer services; and
(4) Maintenance and rehabilitation of real property.
(b) See subpart 46.7, Warranties, for policies and procedures concerning contractor liability caused by nonconforming technical data.
Sections that refer to it
- 46.805 Contract clauses.
← 46.800 Scope of subpart. · 46.802 Definition. →
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.