---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 45.103"
title: "48"
number: "45.103"
heading: "General."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/45.103"
---

# §45.103. General.

- (a) **Agencies shall—**
  - (1) Allow and encourage contractors to use voluntary consensus standards (see FAR 11.101(b)) and industry-leading practices and standards to manage Government property in their possession;
  - (2) Eliminate to the maximum practical extent any competitive advantage a prospective contractor may have by using Government property;
  - (3) Ensure maximum practical reutilization of contractor inventory for government purposes;
  - (4) Require contractors to use Government property already in their possession to the maximum extent practical in performing Government contracts;
  - (5) Charge appropriate rentals when the property is authorized for use on other than a rent-free basis; and
  - (6) Require contractors to justify retaining Government property not needed for contract performance and to declare property as excess when no longer needed for contract performance.
- (b) Agencies will not generally require contractors to establish property management systems that are separate from a contractor's established procedures, practices, and systems used to account for and manage contractor-owned property.

## Notes

### Amendments

[72 FR 27385, May 15, 2007, as amended at 72 FR 63045, Nov. 7, 2007]

### Source

Source: 72 FR 27385, May 15, 2007, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 42392, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[72 FR 27385, May 15, 2007, as amended at 72 FR 63045, Nov. 7, 2007]