252.246-7006 — Warranty Tracking of Serialized Items.

DFARS 252.246-7006 — Warranty Tracking of Serialized Items.. This clause is part of the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement and applies specifically to Department of Defense contracts.

252.246-7006 Warranty Tracking of Serialized Items. As prescribed in 246.710(3)(ii), use the following clause: Warranty Tracking of Serialized Items (MAR 2016) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Duration means the warranty period. This period may be a stated period of time, amount of usage, or the occurrence of a specified event, after formal acceptance of delivery, for the Government to assert a contractual right for the correction of defects. Enterprise means the entity ( e.g., a manufacturer or vendor) responsible for granting the warranty and/or assigning unique item identifiers to serialized warranty items. Enterprise identifier means a code that is uniquely assigned to an enterprise by an issuing agency. First use means the initial or first-time use of a product by the Government. Fixed expiration means the date the warranty expires and the Contractor's obligation to provide for a remedy or corrective action ends. Installation means the date a unit is inserted into a higher level assembly in order to make that assembly operational. Issuing agency means an organization responsible for assigning a globally unique identifier to an enterprise, as indicated in the Register of Issuing Agency Codes for International Standards Organization/International Electrotechnical Commission 15459, located at http://www.aimglobal.org/?Reg_Authority15459. Item type means a coded representation of the description of the item being warranted, consisting of the codes C—component procured separate from end item, S—subassembly procured separate from end item or subassembly, E—embedded in component, subassembly or end item parent, and P—parent end item. Starting event means the event or action that initiates the warranty, such as first use or upon installation. Serialized item means each item produced is assigned a serial number that is unique among all the collective tangible items produced by the enterprise, or each item of a particular part, lot, or batch number is assigned a

• (1) The Contractor shall provide the information required by the attachment entitled “Warranty Tracking Information” on each contract line item number, subline item number, or exhibit line item number for warranted items no later than the time of award.
• Information required in the warranty attachment shall include such information as duration, fixed expiration, item type, starting event, usage, warranty administrator enterprise identifier, and warranty guarantor enterprise identifier.
• (2) The Contractor shall provide the following information no later than when the warranted items are presented for receipt and/or acceptance— (i) The unique item identifier for each warranted item required by the attachment entitled “Warranty Tracking Information;” and (ii) The warranty repair source information and instructions for each warranted item required by the attachment entitled “Source of Repair Instructions.” (3) The Contractor shall submit the data for warranty tracking to the Contracting Officer with a copy to the requiring activity and the Contracting Officer Representative.
• The terms of this clause shall not be construed to limit the Government's rights or remedies under any other contract clause.