Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 10, 2026

Title 48 - Federal Acquisition Regulations System last revised: Jan 28, 2026
246.404 - 246.404 Government contract quality assurance for acquisitions at or below the simplified acquisition threshold.

Do not require Government contract quality assurance at source for contracts or delivery orders valued at or below the simplified acquisition threshold unless the criteria at 246.402 have been met.

[70 FR 8543, Feb. 22, 2005]
authority: 41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1
source: 56 FR 36460, July 31, 1991, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 48 CFR 246.404