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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 52: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 52.2

FAR 52.246-1 Contractor Inspection Requirements.

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 clause makes the contractor responsible for doing all inspections and tests needed to show that supplies or services meet contract requirements, including technical requirements for specified manufacturers' parts. It also says this clause overrides any Government inspection and testing in the contract specifications, except for specialized inspections or tests that must be done solely by the Government.

Applies to: Contractors performing contracts that include this clause

What it requires

  • Perform or have performed all inspections and tests necessary to substantiate that supplies or services conform to contract requirements
  • Ensure conformance includes any applicable technical requirements for specified manufacturers' parts

Key terms: Contractor Inspection Requirements · inspections and tests · contract requirements · specialized inspections or tests · Government inspection and testing

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

As prescribed in 46.301, insert the following clause:

Contractor Inspection Requirements (APR 1984)

The Contractor is responsible for performing or having performed all inspections and tests necessary to substantiate that the supplies or services furnished under this contract conform to contract requirements, including any applicable technical requirements for specified manufacturers' parts. This clause takes precedence over any Government inspection and testing required in the contract's specifications, except for specialized inspections or tests specified to be performed solely by the Government.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

  • 46.301 Contractor inspection requirements.

Sections that refer to it

  • 46.301 Contractor inspection requirements.

← 52.245-9 Use and Charges. · 52.246-2 Inspection of Supplies—Fixed-Price. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 52

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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