(a) Special test equipment with standard components.
(1) The contractor shall report any excess special test equipment (STE) using SF 1432, Inventory Schedule D (Special Tooling and Special Test Equipment). The contractor shall list and describe on the inventory schedule all general-purpose components which, if economically severable from the STE, would otherwise be classified as industrial plant equipment (IPE), other plant equipment (OPE), or automatic data processing equipment (ADPE).
(2) The plant clearance officer will perform the initial screening of the composite STE unit.
(A) If the contracting department/agency and the requiring department/
agency decline the STE or the standard components or do not approve their transfer to another contract; then,
(B) The plant clearance officer will screen the STE and any severable components with the-
(1) General Services Administration-STE unit, less any standard components, and nonreportable standard components;
(2) Defense Supply Center Richmond-IPE components;
(3) Contractor Inventory Redistribution System-OPE components; and
(4) Defense Information Systems Agency, Chief Information Officer, Defense Automation Resources Management Program Division-ADPE components.
