48 CFR § 46.304 - 46.304 Fixed-price service contracts.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s46.304"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 46.304 - 46.304 Fixed-price service contracts."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "46.304"
section_name: "46.304 Fixed-price service contracts."
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "CONTRACT MANAGEMENT"
part_number: "46"
part_name: "QUALITY ASSURANCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
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."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 42415, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "46"
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# 46.304 46.304 Fixed-price service contracts.
The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.246-4, Inspection of Services—Fixed-Price, in solicitations and contracts for services, or supplies that involve the furnishing of services, when a fixed-price contract is contemplated and the contract amount is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. The contracting officer may insert the clause in such solicitations and contracts when the contract amount is expected to be at or below the simplified acquisition threshold and inclusion is in the Government's interest.
[48 FR 42415, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 60 FR 34760, July 3, 1995]