48 CFR § 8.711 - 8.711 Quality complaints.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s8.711"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 8.711 - 8.711 Quality complaints."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "8.711"
section_name: "8.711 Quality complaints."
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "ACQUISITION PLANNING"
part_number: "8"
part_name: "REQUIRED SOURCES OF SUPPLIES AND SERVICES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 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 42129, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "8"
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# 8.711 8.711 Quality complaints.
(a) When the quality of supplies or services received is unsatisfactory, the using activity shall take the following actions:
(1) For supplies received from DLA supply centers, GSA supply distribution facilities, or Department of Veterans Affairs distribution division, notify the supplying agency.
(2) For supplies or services received from AbilityOne participating nonprofit agencies, address complaints to the individual nonprofit agency involved, with a copy to the appropriate central nonprofit agency.
(b) When quality problems cannot be resolved by the AbilityOne participating nonprofit agency and the ordering office, the ordering office shall first contact the central nonprofit agency and then, if necessary, the Committee for resolution.
[48 FR 42129, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 59 FR 67029, Dec. 28, 1994; 73 FR 53995, Sept. 17, 2008]