48 CFR § 970.2770-4 - 970.2770-4 Contract clause.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s970.2770-4"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 970.2770-4 - 970.2770-4 Contract clause."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "970.2770-4"
section_name: "970.2770-4 Contract clause."
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "AGENCY SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS"
part_number: "970"
part_name: "DOE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 2201; 2282a; 2282b; 2282c; 42 U.S.C. 7101 50 U.S.C. 2401"
regulatory_source: "65 FR 81009, Dec. 22, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "970"
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# 970.2770-4 970.2770-4 Contract clause.
(a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 970.5227-3, Technology Transfer Mission, in each solicitation for a new or an extension of an existing laboratory or weapon production facility management and operating contract.
(b) If the contractor is a nonprofit organization or small business eligible under 35 U.S.C. 200 *et seq.,* to receive title to any inventions under the contract and proposes to fund at private expense the maintaining, licensing, and marketing of the inventions, the contracting officer shall use the basic clause with its Alternate I.
(c) If the facility is operated for national security purposes and engaged in the production, maintenance, testing, or dismantlement of a nuclear weapon or its components, the contracting officer shall use the basic clause with its Alternate II.