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Title 48 - Federal Acquisition Regulations System last revised: Apr 25, 2024
12.211 - 12.211 Technical data.

Except as provided by agency-specific statutes, the Government shall acquire only the technical data and the rights in that data customarily provided to the public with a commercial product or process. The contracting officer shall presume that data delivered under a contract for commercial products was developed exclusively at private expense. When a contract for commercial products requires the delivery of technical data, the contracting officer shall include appropriate provisions and clauses delineating the rights in the technical data in addenda to the solicitation and contract (see part 27 or agency FAR supplements).

[60 FR 48241, Sept. 18, 1995, as amended at 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 12.211