---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 246.471"
title: "48"
number: "246.471"
heading: "Authorizing shipment of supplies."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/246.471"
---

# §246.471. Authorizing shipment of supplies.

- (a) **General.**
  - (1) Ordinarily, a representative of the contract administration office signs or stamps the shipping papers that accompany Government source-inspected supplies to release them for shipment. This is done for both prime and subcontracts.
  - (2) An alternative procedure (see [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section) permits the contractor to assume the responsibility for releasing the supplies for shipment.
  - (3) The alternative procedure may include prime contractor release of supplies inspected at a subcontractor's facility.
  - (4) The use of the alternative procedure releases DoD manpower to perform technical functions by eliminating routine signing or stamping of the papers accompanying each shipment.
- (b) **Alternative Procedures—Contract Release for Shipment.**
  - (1) **For foreign military sales contracts, do not use alternative procedures.**
  - (2) The contract administration office may authorize, in writing, the contractor to release supplies for shipment when—
    - (i) The stamping or signing of the shipping papers by a representative of the contract administration office interferes with the operation of the Government contract quality assurance program or takes too much of the Government representative's time;
    - (ii) There is sufficient continuity of production to permit the Government to establish a systematic and continuing evaluation of the contractor's control of quality; and
    - (iii) The contractor has a record of satisfactory quality, including that pertaining to preparation for shipment.
  - (3) The contract administration office shall withdraw, in writing, the authorization when there is an indication that the conditions in [paragraph (b)(2)](#b-2) of this subsection no longer exist.
  - (4) **When the alternative procedure is used, require the contractor to—**
    - (i) Type or stamp, and sign, the following statement on the required copy or copies of the shipping paper(s), or on an attachment—
    - (ii) Release and process, in accordance with established instructions, the DD Form 250, Material Inspection and Receiving Report, or other authorized receiving report.

## Notes

### Amendments

[56 FR 36460, July 31, 1991, as amended at 83 FR 66064, Dec. 21, 2018]

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 56 FR 36460, July 31, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[56 FR 36460, July 31, 1991, as amended at 83 FR 66064, Dec. 21, 2018]