{"data":{"id":"us/48-cfr-46.502","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"48 CFR 46.502","heading":"46.502 Responsibility for acceptance.","body":"Acceptance of supplies or services is the responsibility of the contracting officer. When this responsibility is assigned to a cognizant contract administration office or to another agency (see 42.202(g)), acceptance by that office or agency is binding on the Government.","path":["Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System","CHAPTER 1—FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION","SUBCHAPTER G—CONTRACT MANAGEMENT","PART 46—QUALITY ASSURANCE","Subpart 46.5—Acceptance"],"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":"e48260335d34a3bda4f8cd55dfd8f29a6584b2056f0e4040b41984fe6cef8530","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/48-cfr-46.501","next":"us/48-cfr-46.503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}