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153 sections with “item of supply”: the first 40

  • DFARS 252.217-7026 Identification of Sources of Supply.
    …o complete and submit the following table before award: Table (1) List each deliverable item of supply and item of technical data. (2) If there is no national stock number, list “none”.; (3) Use “Y” if the item is a commercial product o…
  • FAR 8.404 Use of Federal Supply Schedules.
    … (C) Comply with the requirements at 8.402(f) when modifying an order to add open market items. (i) Ensure that service contractor reporting requirements are met in accordance with subpart 4.17, Service Contracts Inventory. (j) Line item…
  • DFARS 208.602-70 Acquisition of items for which FPI has a significant market share.
    (a) Scope. This section implements 10 U.S.C. 3905. (b) Definition. Item for which FPI has a significant market share, as used in this subsection, means an item for which FPI's share of the DoD market for the federal supply class including …
  • DFARS 252.225-7001 Buy American and Balance of Payments Program.
    …4) (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 defined in paragraph (1) of the definitio…
  • DFARS 252.225-7009 Restriction on Acquisition of Certain Articles Containing Specialty Metals.
    …nd together they constitute 50 percent or more of the alloy (by mass). Assembly means an item forming a portion of a system or subsystem that— (i) Can be provisioned and replaced as an entity; and (ii) Incorporates multiple, replaceable …
  • DFARS 252.225-7036 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program.
    … not exceed the value of the product itself. Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item— (1) Means any item of supply (including construction material) that is— (i) A commercial product (as defined in paragraph (1) of the definitio…
  • DFARS 252.225-7044 Balance of Payments Program—Construction Material.
    …4) (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 defined in paragraph (1) of the definitio…
  • DFARS 252.225-7045 Balance of Payments Program—Construction Material Under Trade Agreements.
    …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 defined in paragraph (1) of the definitio…
  • DFARS 252.225-7052 Restriction on the Acquisition of Certain Magnets, Tantalum, and Tungsten.
    …lum, and Tungsten (May 2024) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Assembly means an item forming a portion of a system or subsystem that— (1) Can be provisioned and replaced as an entity; and (2) Incorporates multiple, replaceable p…
  • FAR 4.1003 Establishing line items.
    Establish separate line items for deliverables that have the following characteristics except as provided at 4.1005-2: (a) Separately identifiable. (1) A supply is separately identifiable if it has its own identification (e.g., national s…
  • FAR 11.701 Supply contracts.
    …ice supply contract may authorize Government acceptance of a variation in the quantity of items called for if the variation is caused by conditions of loading, shipping, or packing, or by allowances in manufacturing processes. Any permissib…
  • FAR 46.203 Criteria for use of contract quality requirements.
    … required under a contract shall usually be based upon the classification of the contract item (supply or service) as determined by its technical description, its complexity, and the criticality of its application. (a) Technical descriptio…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …e foreign end products exceed 55 percent domestic content, except for those that are COTS items. If the percentage of the domestic content is unknown, select “no”. (iii) The Offeror shall separately list the line item numbers of domestic e…
  • DFARS 208.404 Use of Federal Supply Schedules.
    … simplified acquisition threshold. (iii) When a schedule lists both foreign and domestic items that will meet the needs of the requiring activity, the ordering office must apply the procedures of part 225 and FAR part 25, Foreign Acquisiti…
  • DFARS 211.274-2 Policy for item unique identification.
    (a) It is DoD policy that DoD item unique identification, or a DoD recognized unique identification equivalent, is required for all delivered items, including items of contractor-acquired property delivered on contract line items (see PGI 2…
  • DFARS 252.245-7005 Management and Reporting of Government Property.
    …utting, tearing, crushing, mangling, shredding, melting, burning, etc. Export-controlled items has the meaning given in the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 252.225-7048, Export-Controlled Items, clause of this con…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …nificantly alter the nongovernmental function or essential physical characteristics of an item or component, or change the purpose of a process. Factors to be considered in determining whether a modification is minor include the value and s…
  • FAR 7.204 Responsibilities of contracting officers.
    …or negotiations. If this consultation discloses that the Government should be ordering an item of supply in different quantities and the inventory manager/requirements development activity concurs, the solicitation for the item should be am…
  • FAR 8.602 Policy.
    …t as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, agencies shall— (1) Before purchasing an item of supply listed in the FPI Schedule, conduct market research to determine whether the FPI item is comparable to supplies available from the priv…
  • FAR 52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting With Contractors Debarred, Suspended, Proposed for Debarment, or Voluntarily Excluded.
    …untarily Excluded (JAN 2025) (a) Definition. Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item, as used in this clause— (1) Means any item of supply (including construction material) that is— (i) A commercial product (as defined in paragr…
  • FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons.
    …value is given to or received by any person. Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item—(1) Means any item of supply (including construction material) that is— (i) A commercial product (as defined in paragraph (1) of the definition …
  • FAR 52.222-54 Employment Eligibility Verification.
    …5) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item— (1) Means any item of supply that is— (i) A commercial product (as defined in paragraph (1) of the definition of “commercial product” at Feder…
  • FAR 52.225-1 Buy American—Supplies.
    …2) (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 defined in paragraph (1) of the definition …
  • FAR 52.225-3 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act.
    … 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 defined in paragraph (1) of the definition …
  • FAR 52.225-9 Buy American—Construction Materials.
    …2) (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 defined in paragraph (1) of the definition …
  • FAR 52.225-11 Buy American—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements.
    …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 defined in paragraph (1) of the definition …
  • DFARS 204.7103-1 Criteria for establishing.
    Contracts shall identify the items or services to be acquired as separate contract line items unless it is not feasible to do so. (a) Contract line items shall have all four of the following characteristics; however, there are exceptions w…
  • DFARS 225.003 Definitions.
    …r armed forces of the People's Republic of China. Defense equipment means any equipment, item of supply, component, or end product purchased by DoD. Domestic concern means— (1) A concern incorporated in the United States (including a sub…
  • DFARS 252.204-7024 Notice on the Use of the Supplier Performance Risk System.
    …Supplier Performance Risk System (MAR 2023) (a) Definitions. As used in this provision— Item risk means the probability that a product, based on intended use, will introduce performance risk resulting in safety issues, mission degradation…
  • DFARS 252.225-7021 Trade Agreements.
    …tes of duty (HTSUS General Note 3(b)) apply. Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item. (1) Means any item of supply (including construction material) that is— (i) A commercial product (as defined in paragraph (1) of the definition…
  • FAR 8.605 Exceptions.
    …er is not required if— (a)(1) The contracting officer makes a determination that the FPI item of supply is not comparable to supplies available from the private sector that best meet the Government's needs in terms of price, quality, and t…
  • FAR 13.303-2 Establishment of BPAs.
    …nces under which contracting officers may establish BPAs: (1) There is a wide variety of items in a broad class of supplies or services that are generally purchased, but the exact items, quantities, and delivery requirements are not known …
  • FAR 14.403 Recording of bids.
    …s accuracy by the bid opening officer as soon after bid opening as practicable. Where bid items are too numerous to warrant complete recording of all bids, abstract entries for individual bids may be limited to item numbers and bid prices. …
  • FAR 48.201 Clauses for supply or service contracts.
    …bject for negotiation. The program requirement shall be shown as a separately priced line item in the contract Schedule. (d) Value engineering incentive and program requirement. (1) If both a value engineering incentive and a mandatory pro…
  • FAR 52.204-30 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Prohibition.
    …inal equipment manufacturer number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number); (F) Item description; (G) Reason why the applicable covered article or the product or service is being provided or used; (ii) Executive agency review of…
  • DFARS 208.405 Ordering procedures for Federal Supply Schedules.
    …he use of reverse auctions for personal protective equipment and aviation critical safety items. (4) See 204.7603 for procedures on the required use of the Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) risk assessments. (i) The contracting offi…
  • DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …b. L. 118-31). (v) Part 211—Describing Agency Needs. (A) Use the clause at 252.211-7003, Item Unique Identification and Valuation, as prescribed in 211.274-5(a). (B) Use the clause at 252.211-7008, Use of Government-Assigned Serial Number…
  • FAR 8.402 General.
    …rtment of Defense (DoD) manages similar systems of schedule-type contracting for military items; however, DoD systems are not covered by this subpart. (b) GSA schedule contracts require all schedule contractors to publish an “Authorized Fe…
  • FAR 8.405-1 Ordering procedures for supplies, and services not requiring a statement of work.
    …or effective program performance. (3) Trade-in considerations. (4) Probable life of the item selected as compared with that of a comparable item. (5) Warranty considerations. (6) Maintenance availability. (7) Environmental and energy e…
  • FAR 8.405-6 Limiting sources.
    …ould result in disclosure of classified information) or create other security risks. (b) Items peculiar to one manufacturer. An item peculiar to one manufacturer can be a particular brand name, product, or a feature of a product, peculiar …

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