48 CFR 12.101 - 12.101 Policy.

Regulations last checked for updates: Apr 28, 2024

Title 48 - Federal Acquisition Regulations System last revised: Apr 25, 2024

View all text of Subpart 12.1 [12.101 - 12.103]

12.101 - 12.101 Policy.

The head of the agency shall—

(a) Conduct market research to determine whether commercial products, commercial services, or nondevelopmental items are available that could meet the agency's requirements;

(b) Acquire commercial products, commercial services, or nondevelopmental items when they are available to meet the needs of the agency; and

(c) Require prime contractors and subcontractors at all tiers to incorporate, to the maximum extent practicable, commercial products, commercial services, or nondevelopmental items as components of items supplied to the agency.

[60 FR 48241, Sept. 18, 1995, as amended at 85 FR 67623, Oct. 23, 2020; 86 FR 61021, Nov. 4, 2021]

authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

source: 60 FR 48241, Sept. 18, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 48 CFR 12.101