---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 46.702"
title: "48"
number: "46.702"
heading: "General."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/46.702"
---

# §46.702. General.

- (a) The principal purposes of a warranty in a Government contract are (1) to delineate the rights and obligations of the contractor and the Government for defective items and services and (2) to foster quality performance.
- (b) **Generally, a warranty should provide—**
  - (1) A contractual right for the correction of defects notwithstanding any other requirement f the contract pertaining to acceptance of the supplies or services by the Government; and
  - (2) A stated period of time or use, or the occurrence of a specified event, after acceptance by the Government to assert a contractual right for the correction of defects.
- (c) The benefits to be derived from a warranty must be commensurate with the cost of the warranty to the Government.

## Notes

### 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.