48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 6 1999-10-01 1999-10-01 false QUALITY ASSURANCE 1646 PART 1646 Federal Acquisition Regulations System CONTRACT MANAGEMENT Pt. 1646 PART 1646—QUALITY ASSURANCE Subpart 1646.2—Contract Quality Requirements Sec. 1646.270 General. Subpart 1646.3—Contract Clauses 1646.301 Contractor inspection requirements. Authority:

5 U.S.C. 8913; 40 U.S.C. 486(c); 48 CFR 1.301.

 Subpart 1646.2—Contract Quality Requirements
1646.270 General.

(a) This section prescribes general policies and procedures to ensure that services acquired under the FEHBP contract conform to the contract's quality requirements.

(b) OPM shall periodically evaluate the contractor's system of internal controls under the quality assurance program required by the contract and will acknowledge in writing whether or not the system is consistent with the requirements set forth in the contract. After the initial review, subsequent reviews may be limited to changes in the contractor's internal control guidelines. However, a limited review does not diminish the contractor's obligation to apply the full internal control system.

(c) OPM will issue specific performance standards for the FEHBP contracts and will inform carriers of the applicable performance standards prior to negotiations for the contract year. OPM will benchmark its standards against standards generally accepted in the insurance industry. The contracting officer may authorize nationally recognized standards to be used to fulfill this requirement.

(d) FEHBP carriers shall comply with the performance standards issued under paragraph (c) of this section.

[59 FR 14767, Mar. 30, 1994]
Subpart 1646.3—Contract Clauses
1646.301 Contractor inspection requirements.

The clause set forth at 1652.246-70 shall be inserted in all FEHBP contracts.

[52 FR 16044, May 1, 1987]