48 CFR 9.304 - 9.304 Exceptions.

Regulations last checked for updates: Apr 27, 2024

Title 48 - Federal Acquisition Regulations System last revised: Apr 25, 2024

View all text of Subpart 9.3 [9.301 - 9.308-2]

9.304 - 9.304 Exceptions.

Normally, testing and approval is not required in contracts for—

(a) Research or development;

(b) Products requiring qualification before award (e.g., when an applicable qualified products list exists (see subpart 9.2));

(d) Products covered by complete and detailed technical specifications, unless the requirements are so novel or exacting that it is questionable whether the products would meet the requirements without testing and approval.

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: 48 FR 42142, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 48 CFR 9.304