48 CFR § 51.106 - 51.106 Title.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s51.106"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 51.106 - 51.106 Title."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "51.106"
section_name: "51.106 Title."
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "CONTRACT MANAGEMENT"
part_number: "51"
part_name: "USE OF GOVERNMENT SOURCES BY CONTRACTORS"
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 42476, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "51"
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# 51.106 51.106 Title.
(a) Title to all property acquired by the contractor under the contracting officer's authorization shall vest in the parties as provided in the contract, unless specifically provided for otherwise.
(b) If contracts are with educational institutions and the Government Property clause at 52.245-1, *Alternate II,* is used, title to property having a unit acquisition cost of less than $5,000 shall vest in the contractor as provided in the clause. Agencies may provide higher thresholds, if appropriate.
[48 FR 42476, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 57 FR 60590, Dec. 21, 1992; 72 FR 27389, May 15, 2007; 77 FR 12944, Mar. 2, 2012]