48 CFR §504.475
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- (a)Contracting officers must recover classified information, unless it has been destroyed as provided in Section 7 of Chapter 5 of the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM). Information on NISPOM can be found at http://www.fas.org/sgp/library/nispom.htm.
- (b)Contracting officers must ensure that classified information provided by the government is returned immediately after any of the following events:
- (1)Bid opening or closing date for receipt of proposals by non-responding offerors.
- (2)Contract award by unsuccessful offerors.
- (3)Termination or completion of the contract.
- (4)Notification that authorization to release classified information has been withdrawn.
- (5)Notification that a facility:
- (6)Whenever otherwise instructed by the authority responsible for the security classification.
- (c)The Government agency that provided classified information to a GSA contractor is responsible for the return of the information.