---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 46.104"
title: "48"
number: "46.104"
heading: "Contract administration office responsibilities."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/46.104"
---

# §46.104. Contract administration office responsibilities.


When a contract is assigned for administration to the contract administration office cognizant of the contractor's plant, that office, unless specified otherwise, shall—

- (a) Develop and apply efficient procedures for performing Government contract quality assurance actions under the contract in accordance with the written direction of the contracting office:
- (b) Perform all actions necessary to verify whether the supplies or services conform to contract quality requirements;
- (c) **Maintain, as part of the performance records of the contract, suitable records reflecting—**
  - (1) The nature of Government contract quality assurance actions, including, when appropriate, the number of observations made and the number and type of defects; and
  - (2) Decisions regarding the acceptability of the products, the processes, and the requirements, as well as action to correct defects.
- (d) Implement any specific written instructions from the contracting office;
- (e) Report to the contracting office any defects observed in design or technical requirements, including contract quality requirements; and
- (f) Recommend any changes necessary to the contract, specifications, instructions, or other requirements that will provide more effective operations or eliminate unnecessary costs (see 46.103(c)).

## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 42415, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 63 FR 9065, Feb. 23, 1998]

### 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 42415, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[48 FR 42415, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 63 FR 9065, Feb. 23, 1998]