48 CFR § 46.306 - 46.306 Time-and-material and labor-hour contracts.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s46.306"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 46.306 - 46.306 Time-and-material and labor-hour contracts."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "46.306"
section_name: "46.306 Time-and-material and labor-hour 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: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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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# 46.306 46.306 Time-and-material and labor-hour contracts.
The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.246-6, Inspection—Time-and-Material and Labor-Hour, in solicitations and contracts when a time-and-material contract or a labor-hour contract is contemplated. If Government inspection and acceptance are to be performed at the contractor's plant, the contracting officer shall use the clause with its *Alternate I.*
[48 FR 42415, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 51 FR 2666, Jan. 17, 1986]