---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 504.475"
title: "48"
number: "504.475"
heading: "Return of classified information."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/504.475"
---

# §504.475. Return of classified information.

- (a) Contracting officers must recover classified information, unless it has been destroyed as provided in [Section 7](/cfr/48/7.md) of Chapter 5 of the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM). Information on NISPOM can be found at http://www.fas.org/sgp/library/nispom.htm.
- (b) Contracting officers must ensure that classified information provided by the government is returned immediately after any of the following events:
  - (1) **Bid opening or closing date for receipt of proposals by non-responding offerors.**
  - (2) **Contract award by unsuccessful offerors.**
  - (3) **Termination or completion of the contract.**
  - (4) **Notification that authorization to release classified information has been withdrawn.**
  - (5) **Notification that a facility—**
    - (i) Does not have adequate means to safeguard classified information; or
    - (ii) **Has had its security clearance revoked or inactivated.**
  - (6) **Whenever otherwise instructed by the authority responsible for the security classification.**
- (c) The Government agency that provided classified information to a GSA contractor is responsible for the return of the information.

## Notes

### Amendments

[77 FR 59792, Oct. 1, 2012]

### Authority

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c).

### Source

Source: 64 FR 37205, July 9, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[77 FR 59792, Oct. 1, 2012]