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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 12: Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services › Subpart 12.5

FAR 12.500 Scope of subpart.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This section explains that the subpart lists laws that do not apply to contracts and subcontracts for commercial products, commercial services, or COTS items. It also lists laws that were changed to remove or adjust how they apply to those contracts and subcontracts. This matters because it tells contractors which statutory requirements are excluded or modified when buying commercial items.

Applies to: Contracts and subcontracts for commercial products, commercial services, or COTS items

Key terms: commercial products · commercial services · commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) items · subcontracts, at any tier · provisions of law

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

(a) As required by 41 U.S.C. 1906 and 1907, this subpart lists provisions of law that are not applicable to—

(1) Contracts for the acquisition of commercial products or commercial services;

(2) Subcontracts, at any tier, for the acquisition of commercial products or commercial services; and

(3) Contracts and subcontracts, at any tier, for the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) items.

(b) This subpart also lists provisions of law that have been amended to eliminate or modify their applicability to either contracts or subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial products or commercial services.

← 12.404 Warranties. · 12.501 Applicability. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 12

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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