Quality Assurance Criteria for invoking the use of the “Warranty” as established by section 46.703 of the (Federal Acquisition Regulation) FAR According to the Government Printing Office (GPO), section 46.703 of FAR points out the criteria to be considered for the use of warranties. The criteria involve five factors that the contracting officer has to consider when he or she wants to determine if a warranty is necessary for a certain acquisition (2001). The factors are: The nature and use of the goods or services: Regarding the goods or services, the contracting officer has to consider the extent of development, state of the art, end use, the harm it poses to the government if the item has defects and the difficulty in fault detection prior to acceptance. Warranty costs: