---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 217.7102"
title: "48"
number: "217.7102"
heading: "General."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/217.7102"
---

# §217.7102. General.

- (a) Activities shall enter into master agreements for repair and alteration of vessels with all prospective contractors located within the United States or its outlying areas, which—
  - (1) Request ship repair work; and
  - (2) **Possess the organization and facilities to perform the work satisfactorily.** (Issuance of a master agreement does not indicate approval of the contractor's facility for any particular acquisition and is not an affirmative determination of responsibility under FAR [subpart 9.1](/cfr/48/subpart9.1.md) for any particular acquisition.)
- (b) Activities may use master agreements in work with prospective contractors located outside the United States and its outlying areas.
- (c) Activities may issue job orders under master agreements to effect repairs, alterations, and/or additions to vessels belonging to foreign governments.
  - (1) Contractors shall treat vessels of a foreign government as if they were vessels of the U.S. Government whenever requested to do so by the contracting officer.
  - (2) **Identify the vessel and the foreign government in the solicitation and job order.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[56 FR 36345, July 31, 1991, as amended at 70 FR 35544, June 21, 2005]

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1.

### Source

Source: 56 FR 36345, July 31, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[56 FR 36345, July 31, 1991, as amended at 70 FR 35544, June 21, 2005]