As prescribed in 246.710(3)(ii), use the following clause:
Warranty Tracking of Serialized Items (MAR 2016)
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 unique serial number within that part, lot, or batch number assignment within the enterprise identifier. The enterprise is responsible for ensuring unique serialization within the enterprise identifier or within the part, lot, or batch numbers, and that serial numbers, once assigned, are never used again.
Unique item identifier means a set of data elements marked on an item that is globally unique and unambiguous.
Usage means the quantity and an associated unit of measure that specifies the amount of a characteristic subject to the contractor's obligation to provide for remedy or corrective action, such as a number of miles, hours, or cycles.
Warranty administrator means the organization specified by the guarantor for managing the warranty.
Warranty guarantor means the enterprise that provides the warranty under the terms and conditions of a contract.
Warranty repair source means the organization specified by a warranty guarantor for receiving and managing warranty items that are returned by a customer.
Warranty tracking means the ability to trace a warranted item from delivery through completion of the effectivity of the warranty.
(End of clause)
48 C.F.R. §§252.246-7006