{"data":{"id":"us/48-cfr-46.311","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"48 CFR 46.311","heading":"46.311 Higher-level contract quality requirement.","body":"(a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.246-11, Higher-Level Contract Quality Requirement, in solicitations and contracts when the inclusion of a higher-level contract quality requirement is necessary (see 46.202-4).\n(b) For each higher-level quality standard, the contracting officer shall fill in the title, number, date, and tailoring (if any).","path":["Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System","CHAPTER 1—FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION","SUBCHAPTER G—CONTRACT MANAGEMENT","PART 46—QUALITY ASSURANCE","Subpart 46.3—Contract Clauses"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-48.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:29Z","sha256":"6562b7d3b2875f14eb2819e368a7bf805a69d7e341614bc3b82d1409b7611a7d","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/48-cfr-46.310","next":"us/48-cfr-46.312"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}