48 CFR § 46.312 - 46.312 Construction contracts.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s46.312"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 46.312 - 46.312 Construction contracts."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "46.312"
section_name: "46.312 Construction 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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# 46.312 46.312 Construction contracts.
The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.246-12, Inspection of Construction, in solicitations and contracts for construction 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 its use is in the Government's interest.
[48 FR 42415, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 60 FR 34760, July 3, 1995]