scope:

a. This order applies to and governs all Technical Center personnel involved in providing, managing, and accounting for GFP furnished to contractors for use in the performance of contracts administered by the Technical Center and Washington procurement offices.

b. The use of GFP by contractors can only be authorized by the appropriate provision contained in an executed contract. The contracting officer is the only official who can authorize the contractor to use GFP. Changes in the need for GFP during the term of a contract must be approved by the contracting officer. He/she is responsible for incorporating these changes into the contract.

PURPOSE. This order establishes procedures and guidelines for the review, accountability, financial accounting, disposition, and contractor's use of Government Furnished Property (GFP) provided by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) or acquired by the contractor under performance of a FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center (Technical Center) executed contract. It also includes procedures controlling the Technical Center GFP provided by the FAA to contractors whose contracts are executed by the Washington procurement office.