---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 9.207"
title: "48"
number: "9.207"
heading: "Changes in status regarding qualification requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/9.207"
---

# §9.207. Changes in status regarding qualification requirements.

- (a) The contracting officer shall promptly report to the agency activity which established the qualification requirement any conditions which may merit removal or omission from a QPL, QML, or QBL or affect whether a source should continue to be otherwise identified as meeting the requirement. These conditions exist when—
  - (1) Products or services are submitted for inspection or acceptance that do not meet the qualification requirement;
  - (2) Products or services were previously rejected and the defects were not corrected when resubmitted for inspection or acceptance;
  - (3) A supplier fails to request reevaluation following change of location or ownership of the plant where the product which met the qualification requirement was manufactured (see the clause at 52.209-1, Qualification Requirements);
  - (4) A manufacturer of a product which met the qualification requirement has discontinued manufacture of the product;
  - (5) A source requests removal from a QPL, QML, or QBL;
  - (6) A condition of meeting the qualification requirement was violated; e.g., advertising or publicity contrary to 9.204(h)(5);
  - (7) A revised specification imposes a new qualification requirement;
  - (8) Manufacturing or design changes have been incorporated in the qualification requirement;
  - (9) The source is listed in the System for Award Management Exclusions (see [Subpart 9.4](/cfr/48/subpart9.4.md)); or
  - (10) **Performance of a contract subject to a qualification requirement is otherwise unsatisfactory.**
- (b) After considering any of the above or other conditions reasonably related to whether a product or source continues to meet the standards specified for qualification, an agency may take appropriate action without advance notification. The agency shall, however, promptly notify the affected parties if a product or source is removed from a QPL, QML, or QBL, or will no longer be identified as meeting the standards specified for qualification. This notice shall contain specific information why the product or source no longer meets the qualification requirement.

## Notes

### Amendments

[50 FR 35476, Aug. 30, 1985, as amended at 53 FR 34227, Sept. 2, 1988; 56 FR 15149, Apr. 15, 1991; 60 FR 33065, June 26, 1995; 69 FR 76349, Dec. 20, 2004; 78 FR 37678, June 21, 2013]

### Source

Source: 50 FR 35476, Aug. 30, 1985, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 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 42142, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[50 FR 35476, Aug. 30, 1985, as amended at 53 FR 34227, Sept. 2, 1988; 56 FR 15149, Apr. 15, 1991; 60 FR 33065, June 26, 1995; 69 FR 76349, Dec. 20, 2004; 78 FR 37678, June 21, 2013]