---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 1845.604"
title: "48"
number: "1845.604"
heading: "Restrictions on purchase or retention of contractor inventory."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/1845.604"
---

# §1845.604. Restrictions on purchase or retention of contractor inventory.

- (1) No contractor may sell contractor inventory to persons known by it to be NASA or DOD personnel who have been engaged in administering or terminating NASA contracts.
- (2)
  - (i) The contractor's or subcontractor's authority to approve the sale, purchase, or retention of Government property on a contract which is excess to needs after Government reutilization screening at less than cost by a subcontractor, and the subcontractor's authority to sell, purchase, or retain such property at less than cost with the approval of the contractor or next higher-tier subcontractor does not include authority to approve—
    - (A) A sale by a subcontractor to the contractor, the next higher-tier subcontractor, or their affiliates; or
    - (B) A sale, purchase, or retention by a subcontractor affiliated with the contractor or next higher-tier subcontractor.
  - (ii) Each excluded sale, purchase, or retention requires the written approval of the plant clearance officer.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 51 U.S.C. 20113(a) and 48 CFR chapter 1.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 36722, July 9, 1997, unless otherwise noted.