---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 46.402"
title: "48"
number: "46.402"
heading: "Government contract quality assurance at source."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/46.402"
---

# §46.402. Government contract quality assurance at source.


Agencies shall perform contract quality assurance, including inspection, at source if—

- (a) Performance at any other place would require uneconomical disassembly or destructive testing;
- (b) Considerable loss would result from the manufacture and shipment of unacceptable supplies, or from the delay in making necessary corrections;
- (c) Special required instruments, gauges, or facilities are available only at source;
- (d) Performance at any other place would destroy or require the replacement of costly special packing and packaging;
- (e) Government inspection during contract performance is essential; or
- (f) **It is determined for other reasons to be in the Government's interest.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 42415, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 60 FR 48250, Sept. 18, 1995; 63 FR 70290, Dec. 18, 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 60 FR 48250, Sept. 18, 1995; 63 FR 70290, Dec. 18, 1998]