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(a) Government property provided to a prime contractor may be located at other plants of the prime contractor or at subcontractor locations. The prime contractor is accountable and responsible to the Government for this property.
(b) A Government property administrator cognizant of the location of the property shall normally be designated to (1) perform required surveys of the property control system and (2) exercise surveillance over the property as a supporting responsibility.
(c) If the property administrator determines that supporting property administration is required, he or she shall write the cognizant contract administration office asking that a property administrator be assigned. The request for supporting property administration shall include-
(1) The name and address of the prime contractor;
(2) The prime contract number;
(3) The name and address of the alternate location of the prime contractor, or of the subcontractor where the property will be located;
(4) A listing of the property being furnished, or, if property is being acquired locally, a statement to this effect; and
(5) A copy of the subcontract or other document under which the property will be furnished or acquired.
(d) Concurrent with the action cited in paragraph (c) of this section, the property administrator shall ascertain whether the prime contractor will perform the necessary reviews and surveillance with the contractor's own personnel, or elect to rely upon the system approval and continuing surveillance by a supporting property administrator of the property control system at the alternate location or subcontractor plant. If the prime contractor advises that it will accept the findings of a supporting property administrator, a statement in writing to that effect shall be obtained. If the prime contractor does not so elect, it shall be required to perform the requisite reviews and surveillance and document its actions and findings.
(e) If a single item or limited quantities of property will be located at an alternate location or subcontractor plant, the property administrator may determine that supporting property administration is unnecessary, provided-
(1) The prime contractor's records adequately reflect the location and use of the property;
(2) The nature of the property is such that the possibility of its use for unauthorized purposes is unlikely; and
(3) The nature of the property is such that a program of preventive maintenance is not required.
(f) When supporting property administration will not be requested, the services of a property administrator in the contract administration office cognizant of the site where the property is located may be requested on an occasional basis for special reviews or such other support as may be necessary. Repeated requests for assistance indicate a requirement for requesting supporting property administration.