---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 46.105"
title: "48"
number: "46.105"
heading: "Contractor responsibilities."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/46.105"
---

# §46.105. Contractor responsibilities.

- (a) **The contractor is responsible for carrying out its obligations under the contract by—**
  - (1) Controlling the quality of supplies or services;
  - (2) Tendering to the Government for acceptance only those supplies or services that conform to contract requirements;
  - (3) Ensuring that vendors or suppliers of raw materials, parts, components, subassemblies, etc., have an acceptable quality control system; and
  - (4) Maintaining substantiating evidence, when required by the contract, that the supplies or services conform to contract quality requirements, and furnishing such information to the Government as required.
- (b) The contractor may be required to provide and maintain an inspection system or program for the control of quality that is acceptable to the Government (see 46.202).
- (c) The control of quality by the contractor may relate to, but is not limited to—
  - (1) Manufacturing processes, to ensure that the product is produced to, and meets, the contract's technical requirements;
  - (2) Drawings, specifications, and engineering changes, to ensure that manufacturing methods and operations meet the contract's technical requirements;
  - (3) Testing and examination, to ensure that practices and equipment provide the means for optimum evaluation of the characteristics subject to inspection;
  - (4) Reliability and maintainability assessment (life, endurance, and continued readiness);
  - (5) Fabrication and delivery of products, to ensure that only conforming products are tendered to the Government;
  - (6) Technical documentation, including drawings, specifications, handbooks, manuals, and other technical publications;
  - (7) Preservation, packaging, packing, and marking; and
  - (8) **Procedures and processes for services to ensure that services meet contract performance requirements.**
- (d) The contractor is responsible for performing all inspections and test required by the contract except those specifically reserved for performance by the Government (see 46.201(c).

## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 42415, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 55 FR 38517, Sept. 18, 1990]

### 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 55 FR 38517, Sept. 18, 1990]