48 CFR § 46.702 - 46.702 General.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s46.702"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 46.702 - 46.702 General."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "46.702"
section_name: "46.702 General."
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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# 46.702 46.702 General.
(a) The principal purposes of a warranty in a Government contract are (1) to delineate the rights and obligations of the contractor and the Government for defective items and services and (2) to foster quality performance.
(b) Generally, a warranty should provide—
(1) A contractual right for the correction of defects notwithstanding any other requirement f the contract pertaining to acceptance of the supplies or services by the Government; and
(2) A stated period of time or use, or the occurrence of a specified event, after acceptance by the Government to assert a contractual right for the correction of defects.
(c) The benefits to be derived from a warranty must be commensurate with the cost of the warranty to the Government.