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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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120 sections with “Commercial component”: the first 40

  • DFARS 227.7102 Commercial products, commercial components, commercial services, or commercial processes.
  • DFARS 212.504 Applicability of certain laws to subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    … The following laws are not applicable to subcontracts at any tier for the acquisition of commercial products, commercial services, or commercial components: (i) 10 U.S.C. 2391 note, Notification of Substantial Impact on Employment. (ii) …
  • DFARS 252.227-7015 Technical Data—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    As prescribed in 227.7102-4(a)(1), use the following clause: Technical Data—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (JAN 2025) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Commercial product and commercial service includes commercial com…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …12.301(b)(2), insert the following provision: Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (OCT 2025) The Offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed t…
  • FAR 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).
    …), insert the following clause: Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services) (MAR 2026) (a) The Contractor shall comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) claus…
  • FAR 52.244-6 Subcontracts for Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    As prescribed in 44.403, insert the following clause: Subcontracts for Commercial Products and Commercial Services (OCT 2025) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Commercial product, commercial service, and commercially available off…
  • DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …ly to DoD solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services. If the offeror has completed any of the following provisions listed in this paragraph electronically as p…
  • DFARS 252.227-7013 Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …02-4(b) and 227.7103-6(a), use the following clause: Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Aug 2025) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Computer data base means a collection of data record…
  • DFARS 252.227-7014 Rights in Other Than Commercial Computer Software and Other Than Commercial Computer Software Documentation.
    As prescribed in 227.7203-6(a)(1), use the following clause: Rights in Other Than Commercial Computer Software and Other Than Commercial Computer Software Documentation (Aug 2025) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Commercial compu…
  • DFARS 252.227-7018 Rights in Other Than Commercial Technical Data and Computer Software—Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program.
    As prescribed in 227.7104-4(a)(1), use the following clause: RIGHTS IN OTHER THAN COMMERCIAL TECHNICAL DATA AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE—SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROGRAM AND SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM (AUG 2025) (a) Def…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …Biobased product means a product determined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to be a commercial product or industrial product (other than food or feed) that is composed, in whole or in significant part, of biological products, includin…
  • FAR 12.000 Scope of part.
    This part prescribes policies and procedures unique to the acquisition of commercial products, including commercial components, and commercial services. It implements the Federal Government's preference for the acquisition of commercial pro…
  • DFARS 227.7102-4 Contract clauses.
    …provided in paragraph (b) of this section, use the clause at 252.227-7015, Technical Data—Commercial Products and Commercial Services, in solicitations and contracts, including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for th…
  • DFARS 252.225-7016 Restriction on Acquisition of Ball and Roller Bearings.
    …h (b) of this clause does not apply to ball or roller bearings that are acquired as— (1) Commercial components of an other than commercial end product; or (2) Commercial or other than commercial components of a commercial component of an …
  • FAR 47.504 Exceptions.
    …ion prohibits the use of non-Government vessels. (d) Subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial products, including commercial components, or commercial services(see 12.504(a)(1) and (a)(11)). This exception does not apply to— (1) Gra…
  • DFARS 225.7503 Contract clauses.
    …cts for construction to be performed outside the United States, including acquisitions of commercial products or commercial components, with an estimated value greater than the simplified acquisition threshold but less than $6,708,000. (1)…
  • FAR 10.001 Policy.
    …finite-delivery-indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract (e.g., GWACs, MACs) for other than a commercial product or commercial service in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold 10 U.S.C. 3453(c)); and (vi) On an ongoing basis, take adv…
  • FAR 11.002 Policy.
    …eristics; (ii) Define requirements in terms that enable and encourage offerors to supply commercial products or commercial services or, to the extent that commercial products suitable to meet the agency's needs are not available, nondevelo…
  • FAR 12.101 Policy.
    The head of the agency shall— (a) Conduct market research to determine whether commercial products, commercial services, or nondevelopmental items are available that could meet the agency's requirements; (b) Acquire commercial products, c…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …er part 41; (iv) Service contracts where supplies are not required; (v) Acquisitions of commercial products and commercial services ; and (vi) Contracts for petroleum products. (2) The contracting officer shall insert the clause with it…
  • FAR 25.103 Exceptions.
    …ed, produced, or manufactured in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities and of a satisfactory quality. (1) Class determinations. (i) A nonavailability determination has been made for the articles lis…
  • FAR 39.203 Applicability.
    …rted by the appropriate exception or exemption documented by the requiring activity. (d) Commercial products and commercial services. When acquiring commercial products and commercial services, an agency must comply with those ICT accessib…
  • FAR 39.205 Exemptions.
    … in a fundamental alteration in the nature of the ICT. (3) Nonavailability of conforming commercial products and commercial services. Where there are no commercial products and commercial services that fully conform to the ICT accessibilit…
  • FAR 44.400 Scope of subpart.
    …t clauses a contractor may be required to apply to any subcontractors that are furnishing commercial products, including commercial components, or commercial services in accordance with 41 U.S.C. 3307.
  • FAR 44.402 Policy requirements.
    …rs at all tiers shall, to the maximum extent practicable: (1) Be required to incorporate commercial products, commercial services, or nondevelopmental items as components of items delivered to the Government; and (2) Not be required to ap…
  • FAR 52.210-1 Market Research.
    …e following clause: Market Research (NOV 2021) (a) Definition. As used in this clause— Commercial product, commercial service, and nondevelopmental item have the meaning contained in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 2.101. (b) Befor…
  • FAR 52.225-1 Buy American—Supplies.
    …wing clause: Buy American—Supplies (OCT 2022) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item—(1) Means any item of supply (including construction material) that is— (i) A commercial product (as…
  • FAR 52.225-3 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act.
    … that the value of those incidental services does not exceed that of the article itself. Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item—(1) Means any item of supply (including construction material) that is— (i) A commercial product (as…
  • FAR 52.225-9 Buy American—Construction Materials.
    …Buy American—Construction Materials (OCT 2022) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item—(1) Means any item of supply (including construction material) that is— (i) A commercial product (as…
  • FAR 52.225-11 Buy American—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements.
    …fferent construction material distinct from the materials from which it was transformed. Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item—(1) Means any item of supply (including construction material) that is— (i) A commercial product (as…
  • DFARS 212.102 Applicability.
    …edures. Use of FAR part 12 procedures is based on— (A) A determination that an item is a commercial product or commercial service (see paragraph (a)(iii) of this section); or (B) Applicability of one of the following statutes that provide…
  • DFARS 212.209 Determination of price reasonableness.
    …or obtain market research to support the determination of the reasonableness of price for commercial products and commercial services contained in any bid or offer submitted in response to an agency solicitation. To the extent necessary to …
  • DFARS 215.403-1 Prohibition on obtaining certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    …only one offer is received in response to a competitive solicitation, see 215.371-3. (3) Commercial products or commercial services. (A) Follow the procedures at PGI 215.403-1(c)(3) for pricing commercial products or commercial services, e…
  • DFARS 225.1101 Acquisition of supplies.
    …solicitation, including solicitations using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services, that includes the basic or the alternate of the clause at 252.225-7001, Buy American and Balance of Payme…
  • DFARS 225.7003-3 Exceptions.
    …ailability of a particular electronic component is critical to national security. (2)(i) Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) items containing specialty metals, except the restrictions do apply to contracts or subcontracts for the a…
  • DFARS 225.7003-5 Solicitation provision and contract clauses.
    …including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services, that— (i) Exceed the simplified acquisition threshold; and (ii) Require the delivery of specialty metal…
  • DFARS 225.7004-7 Contract clauses.
    …including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services, that exceed the simplified acquisition threshold and that require welded shipboard anchor or mooring chai…
  • DFARS 225.7703-4 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …olicitations, including solicitations using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services, that provide a preference for products or services from Afghanistan in accordance with 225.7703-1(a)(1). …
  • DFARS 227.7103-5 Government rights.
    …ose rights are defined in the clause at 252.227-7013, Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services. In unusual situations, the standards rights may not satisfy the Government's needs or the Government may …
  • DFARS 234.7002 Policy.
    (a) Major weapon systems. (1) A DoD major weapon system may be treated as a commercial product, or acquired under procedures established for the acquisition of commercial products, only if— (i) The Secretary of Defense determines that— (A…

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Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.