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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 8: Required Sources of Supplies and Services › Subpart 8.7

FAR 8.705-1 General.

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 tells ordering offices how to buy supplies and services that are on the Procurement List. Generally, they must buy from the central nonprofit agency or its designated AbilityOne participating nonprofit agencies, except for items available through DLA, GSA, or VA distribution facilities, which must be obtained through those facilities' procedures.

Applies to: Ordering offices and DLA/GSA supply distribution facilities

What it requires

  • Obtain supplies and services on the Procurement List from the central nonprofit agency or its designated AbilityOne participating nonprofit agencies
  • Obtain supplies identified as available from DLA, GSA, or VA supply distribution facilities through DLA, GSA, or VA procedures
  • If a distribution facility cannot provide the supplies, inform the ordering office, which then orders from the designated AbilityOne participating nonprofit agency
  • Supply distribution facilities in DLA and GSA must obtain Procurement List supplies from the central nonprofit agency or its designated AbilityOne participating nonprofit agency

Key terms: Procurement List · central nonprofit agency · AbilityOne participating nonprofit agencies · DLA · GSA

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

The text

(a) Ordering offices shall obtain supplies and services on the Procurement List from the central nonprofit agency or its designated AbilityOne participating nonprofit agencies, except that supplies identified on the Procurement List as available from DLA, GSA, or VA supply distribution facilities shall be obtained through DLA, GSA, or VA procedures. If a distribution facility cannot provide the supplies, it shall inform the ordering office, which shall then order from the AbilityOne participating nonprofit agency designated by the Committee.

(b) Supply distribution facilities in DLA and GSA shall obtain supplies on the Procurement List from the central nonprofit agency identified or its designated AbilityOneparticipating nonprofit agency.

← 8.705 Procedures. · 8.705-2 Direct-order process. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 8

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

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