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Federal Acquisition Regulation
Federal Acquisition Regulation
Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) items
FAR
12.103
Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) items are defined in
Definitions
(FAR 2.101)
. Unless indicated otherwise, all of the policies that apply to commercial products also apply to COTS items. Section
Applicability of certain laws to contracts for the acquisition of COTS items
(FAR 12.505)
lists the laws that are not applicable to COTS (in addition to
Applicability of certain laws to Executive agency contracts for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services
(FAR 12.503)
and
Applicability of certain laws to subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services
(FAR 12.504)
).
Record identifier
12.103
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