48 CFR 12.103 - 12.103 Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) items.

Regulations last checked for updates: Apr 28, 2024

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

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12.103 - 12.103 Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) items.

Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) items are defined in 2.101. Unless indicated otherwise, all of the policies that apply to commercial products also apply to COTS items. Section 12.505 lists the laws that are not applicable to COTS items (in addition to 12.503 and 12.504).

[79 FR 24200, Apr. 29, 2014, as amended at 80 FR 4987, Jan. 29, 2015; 86 FR 61022, 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 12.103