FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 8: Required Sources of Supplies and Services › Subpart 8.7
FAR 8.715 Replacement commodities.
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 says that when a commodity on the Procurement List is replaced by a new commodity, and a qualified AbilityOne nonprofit agency can supply the replacement at quality standards, on schedule, and at a fair market price, the replacement is automatically added to the Procurement List. Contractors must then buy that replacement from the designated AbilityOne nonprofit agency. The old commodity stays on the list until it is no longer needed.
Applies to: Acquisitions of commodities on the Procurement List, including replacement commodities
What it requires
- Acquire the replacement commodity from the AbilityOne participating nonprofit agency designated by the Committee
Key terms: Procurement List · AbilityOne participating nonprofit agency · replacement commodity · fair market price · Committee
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
When a commodity on the Procurement List is replaced by another commodity which has not been previously acquired, and a qualified AbilityOne participating nonprofit agency can furnish the replacement commodity in accordance with the Government's quality standards and delivery schedules and at a fair market price, the replacement commodity is automatically on the Procurement List and shall be acquired from the AbilityOne participating nonprofit agency designated by the Committee. The commodity being replaced shall continue to be included on the Procurement List until there is no longer a requirement for that commodity.
← 8.714 Communications with the central nonprofit agencies and the Committee. · 8.716 Change-of-name and successor in interest procedures. →
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.