FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 8: Required Sources of Supplies and Services › Subpart 8.7
FAR 8.710 Quality of merchandise.
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 requires supplies and services from AbilityOne participating nonprofit agencies to meet the Government specifications and standards cited in the order. If no such specifications or standards exist, supplies must be of the highest quality and equal to similar commercial items, and services must conform to good commercial practices.
Applies to: AbilityOne participating nonprofit agencies and the supplies and services they provide
What it requires
- Comply with applicable Government specifications and standards cited in the order
- If no specifications or standards exist, provide supplies of the highest quality and equal to similar items available on the commercial market
- If no specifications or standards exist, provide services that conform to good commercial practices
Key terms: AbilityOne participating nonprofit agencies · Government specifications and standards · highest quality · commercial market · good commercial practices
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
Supplies and services provided by AbilityOne participating nonprofit agencies shall comply with the applicable Government specifications and standards cited in the order. When no specifications or standards exist—
(a) Supplies shall be of the highest quality and equal to similar items available on the commercial market; and
(b) Services shall conform to good commercial practices.
← 8.709 Payments. · 8.711 Quality complaints. →
Rule changes for FAR Part 8
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary FAR Overhaul Parts 8, 12, 13, 15, 38, 44, and 51 ↗ · proposed 2026-09-18 · comments due 2026-10-19
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · final rule 2025-08-27 · effective 2025-10-01
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition ↗ · proposed 2025-01-15 · comments due 2025-03-17
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Rerepresentation of Size and Socioeconomic Status ↗ · final rule 2025-01-03 · effective 2025-01-17
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · proposed 2024-11-29 · comments due 2025-01-28
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2024-04-22 · effective 2024-05-22
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.