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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 8: Required Sources of Supplies and Services › Subpart 8.1

FAR 8.102 Policy.

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 states that agencies should use excess personal property as their first source of supply for agency and cost-reimbursement contractor needs when practicable. Agency personnel must make positive efforts to satisfy requirements with excess personal property before starting a contract action.

Applies to: Agencies and agency personnel satisfying agency and cost-reimbursement contractor requirements

What it requires

  • Use excess personal property as the first source of supply when practicable
  • Make positive efforts to satisfy agency requirements by obtaining and using excess personal property before initiating a contract action

Key terms: excess personal property · first source of supply · cost-reimbursement contractor · contract action

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

The text

When practicable, agencies shall use excess personal property as the first source of supply for agency and cost-reimbursement contractor requirements. Agency personnel shall make positive efforts to satisfy agency requirements by obtaining and using excess personal property (including that suitable for adaptation or substitution) before initiating a contract action.

← 8.101 [Reserved] · 8.103 Information on available excess personal property. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 8

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