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      <title xtrc="GSAR" class="- topic/title ">
         <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">504.475</ph> Return
of classified information.</title>
      <conbody class="- topic/body  concept/conbody ">
         <ol id="d85e13" class="- topic/ol ">
            <li class="- topic/li ">
               <p id="d84e18" class="- topic/p ">
                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(a)</ph>
                  
                    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 
                     <xref href="https://fas.org/sgp/index.html"
                        format="html"
                        scope="external"
                        class="- topic/xref ">https://fas.org/sgp/index.html</xref>.
               </p>
            </li>
            <li audience="GSAR" class="- topic/li ">
               <p id="d84e31" class="- topic/p ">
                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(b)</ph>
                  
                    Contracting
officers must ensure that classified information provided by the
government is returned immediately after any of the following events:</p>
               <ol id="d85e36" class="- topic/ol ">
                  <li class="- topic/li ">
                     <p id="d84e41" class="- topic/p ">
                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(1)</ph>
                        
                          Bid
opening or closing date for receipt of proposals by non-responding
offerors.</p>
                  </li>
                  <li class="- topic/li ">
                     <p id="d84e50" class="- topic/p ">
                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(2)</ph>
                        
                          Contract
award by unsuccessful offerors.</p>
                  </li>
                  <li class="- topic/li ">
                     <p id="d84e59" class="- topic/p ">
                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(3)</ph>
                        
                          Termination
or completion of the contract.</p>
                  </li>
                  <li class="- topic/li ">
                     <p id="d84e68" class="- topic/p ">
                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(4)</ph>
                        
                          Notification
that authorization to release classified information has been withdrawn.</p>
                  </li>
                  <li class="- topic/li ">
                     <p id="d84e77" class="- topic/p ">
                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(5)</ph>
                        
                          Notification
that a facility:</p>
                     <ol id="d85e82" class="- topic/ol ">
                        <li class="- topic/li ">
                           <p id="d84e87" class="- topic/p ">
                              <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(i)</ph>
                              
                                Does not have adequate
means to safeguard classified information; or</p>
                        </li>
                        <li class="- topic/li ">
                           <p id="d84e96" class="- topic/p ">
                              <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(ii)</ph>
                              
                                Has
had its security clearance revoked or inactivated.</p>
                        </li>
                     </ol>
                  </li>
                  <li class="- topic/li ">
                     <p id="d84e108" class="- topic/p ">
                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(6)</ph>
                        
                          Whenever
otherwise instructed by the authority responsible for the security
classification.</p>
                  </li>
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            </li>
            <li audience="GSAR" class="- topic/li ">
               <p id="d84e119" class="- topic/p ">
                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(c)</ph>
                  
                    The
Government agency that provided classified information to a GSA
contractor is responsible for the return of the information.</p>
            </li>
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