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Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 46 — Quality Assurance
Source scope
Current FAR quality-assurance provisions addressing inspection, contractor quality control, nonconformance, acceptance, critical items, and surveillance plans.
Publisher, edition, and currentness
| Publisher | Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council |
|---|---|
| Claim status | CURRENT LAW OR POLICY |
| Version or edition | FAC 2026 current text reviewed 2026-08-15 |
| Publication status | CURRENT FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION |
| Publication date | 2026-06-26 |
| Official location | https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-46 |
| K03 revalidated | 2026-08-15T23:30:00Z |
| Currentness assessment | Point-in-time review performed on 2026-08-15 against the cited official or first-party publication location. There is no public runtime monitor and no live-host observation. A reviewed publication does not decide facility applicability, legal interpretation, compliance, licensing, operational authority, or later currentness. |
| Superseded by | No successor is assigned in the current source catalog. |
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| Section | Proposition supported in this corpus | Official location |
|---|---|---|
| 46.102–46.105 and 46.401 | Contracts may require inspection, testing, quality evidence, nonconformance handling, and surveillance before acceptance. | Official section |
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