48 CFR 3.406

3.406 Records.

United States · 48 CFR — Federal Acquisition Regulations System · Status: effective

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Citation: 48 CFR 3.406, 3.406 Records, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/238992
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For enforcement purposes, agencies shall preserve any specific evidence of one or more of the violations in 3.405(a), together with all other pertinent data, including a record of actions taken. Contracting offices shall not retire or destroy these records until it is certain that they are no longer needed for enforcement purposes. If the original record is maintained in a central file, a copy must be retained in the contract file.

Legislative history

This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.