48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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15 sections with “inspection at destination”

  • FAR 46.403 Government contract quality assurance at destination.
    …nt contract quality assurance that can be performed at destination is normally limited to inspection of the supplies or services. Inspection shall be performed at destination under the following circumstances— (1) Supplies are purchased of…
  • FAR 8.406-2 Inspection and acceptance.
    …es at destination except when— (i) The schedule contract indicates that mandatory source inspection is required by the schedule contracting agency; or (ii) A schedule item is covered by a product description, and the ordering activity det…
  • FAR 47.305-4 F.o.b. destination solicitations.
    …cted as nonresponsive. (c) When supplies will or may be purchased f.o.b. destination but inspection and acceptance will be at origin, the contracting officer shall insert in solicitations and contracts the clause at 52.247-48, F.o.b. Desti…
  • FAR 46.404 Government contract quality assurance for acquisitions at or below the simplified acquisition threshold.
    … Special situations may require more detailed quality assurance and the use of a standard inspection or higher-level contract quality requirement. These situations include those listed in 46.402 and contracts for items having critical appli…
  • FAR 46.504 Certificate of conformance.
    …ertificate of conformance (see 46.315) may be used in certain instances instead of source inspection (whether the contract calls for acceptance at source or destination) at the discretion of the contracting officer if the following conditio…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    … maintained by the manufacturer or vendor, is either published or otherwise available for inspection by customers, and states prices at which sales are currently, or were last, made to a significant number of buyers constituting the general…
  • FAR 13.302-1 General.
    …ich delivery of the supplies or performance of the services is required; (3) Provide for inspection as prescribed in part 46. Generally, inspection and acceptance should be at destination. Source inspection should be specified only if requ…
  • FAR 46.401 General.
    …ined for quantity, damage in transit, and possible substitution or fraud. (e) Government inspection shall be performed by or under the direction or supervision of Government personnel. (f) Government inspection shall be documented on an i…
  • FAR 47.202 Presolicitation planning.
    …ractors to inspect origin and destination locations; or (c) The possible requirement for inspection by agency personnel of prospective contractor facilities and equipment.
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (NOV 2023) (a) Inspection/Acceptance. The Contractor shall only tender for acceptance those items that conform to the requirements of this contract. The Government r…
  • FAR 52.247-51 Evaluation of Export Offers.
    …rm is used in the F.o.b. Origin clause of this contract. (c) F.o.b. port of loading with inspection and acceptance at origin. (1) Offers shall be evaluated on the basis of the lowest laid down cost to the Government at the overseas port of…
  • FAR 8.406-1 Order placement.
    …ity. (11) Number of units. (12) Unit price. (13) Total price of order. (14) Points of inspection and acceptance. (15) Other pertinent data; e.g., delivery instructions or receiving hours and size-of-truck limitation. (16) Marking requ…
  • FAR 47.302 Place of delivery—f.o.b. point.
    …cceptance is at origin does not necessitate an f.o.b. origin delivery term. Providing for inspection and acceptance at origin (if appropriate under 46.402), in conjunction with an f.o.b. destination term, may be advantageous to both the Gov…
  • FAR 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).
    … the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): (d) Inspection/Acceptance. The Contractor shall tender for acceptance only those items that conform to the requirements of this contract. The Government r…
  • DFARS 204.7103-1 Criteria for establishing.
    …elivered in a single shipment. This creates potential contract administration issues with inspection, acceptance, and payment. In such cases, solicitations should be structured to allow offerors to provide information about products that ma…

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Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.