FAR 12.211 Technical data.

In plain English

This section limits the Government to acquiring only the technical data and rights customarily provided to the public for a commercial product or process, unless an agency-specific statute says otherwise. It also requires the contracting officer to presume that such data was developed exclusively at private expense and to include appropriate provisions and clauses in the solicitation and contract when technical data delivery is required.

Applies to: Contracts for commercial products that require delivery of technical data

What it requires

• 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.

Key terms: technical data · commercial product · developed exclusively at private expense · provisions and clauses · addenda

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