Acquisition and supply records.

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Title 48 CFR: Federal Acquisition Regulations System › Chapter 1 › Part 4 › Subpart 4.7 › § 4.705-3: Acquisition and supply records.

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(a) Store requisitions for materials, supplies, equipment, and services: Retain 2 years. (b) Work orders for maintenance and other services: Retain 4 years. (c) Equipment records, consisting of equipment usage and status reports and equipment repair orders: Retain 4 years. (d) Expendable property records, reflecting accountability for the receipt and use of material in the performance of a contract: Retain 4 years. (e) Receiving and inspection report records, consisting of reports reflecting receipt and inspection of supplies, equipment, and materials: Retain 4 years. (f) Purchase order files for supplies, equipment, material, or services used in the performance of a contract; supporting documentation and backup files including, but not limited to, invoices, and memoranda; e.g., memoranda of negotiations showing the principal elements of subcontract price negotiations (see 52.244-2): Retain 4 years. (g) Production records of quality control, reliability, and inspection: Retain 4 years. (h) Property records (see FAR 45.101 and 52.245-1): Retain 4 years. [48 FR 42113, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 63 FR 34060, June 22, 1998;75 FR 38679, July 2, 2010]

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