Subpart 509.3 - First Article Testing and Approval
509.302 General.
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(a) If first article testing and approval is required, GSA usually requires that the contractor perform testing and that the first article:
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(1) Be produced at the same facility where production quantities will be produced; and
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(2) Serve as the manufacturing standard.
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(b) Coordinate the need for first article testing and approval with the Contract Operations Management Division (FXCC), which will provide the information to complete the clauses at FAR 52.209-3 or 52.209-4.
509.306 Solicitation requirements.
The clauses at FAR 52.209-3 and 52.209-4 do not cover all the solicitation requirements described in FAR 9.306. If a solicitation contains a testing and approval requirement, the contracting officer must address the requirements in FAR 9.306(d) and (f) through (j) in the solicitation’s Section H, special contract requirements.