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FAR 52.246-11 — Higher-Level Contract Quality Requirement.

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52.246-11 Higher-Level Contract Quality Requirement.

Type: Clause

Prescribed in: 46.311

Current version date: DEC 2014

Prescription and Applicability

FAR Prescription, 46.311

(a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.246-11, Higher-Level Contract Quality Requirement, in solicitations and contracts when the inclusion of a higher-level contract quality requirement is necessary (see 46.202-4).

(b) For each higher-level quality standard, the contracting officer shall fill in the title, number, date, and tailoring (if any).

Current Text

52.246-11 Higher-Level Contract Quality Requirement.

As prescribed in 46.311, insert the following clause:

Higher-Level Contract Quality Requirement (DEC 2014)

(a) The Contractor shall comply with the higher-level quality standard(s) listed below.

[ Contracting Officer insert the title, number, date, and tailoring (if any) of the higher-level quality standards. ]

(b) The Contractor shall include applicable requirements of the higher-level quality standard(s) listed in paragraph (a) of this clause and the requirement to flow down such standards, as applicable, to lower-tier subcontracts, in—

(1) Any subcontract for critical and complex items (see 46.203(b) and (c)); or

(2) When the technical requirements of a subcontract require—

(i) Control of such things as design, work operations, in-process control, testing, and inspection; or

(ii) Attention to such factors as organization, planning, work instructions, documentation control, and advanced metrology.

(End of clause)

[79 FR 70348, Nov. 25, 2014]

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Reference: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-48/section-52.246-11