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Timestamp: 2013-05-20 06:37:31
Document Index: 290200593

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 13', 'art 14', 'art 15', 'art 12', 'art 30', 'art 12']

Acquisition of Commercial Items - FAR 12.1
Conduct market research to determine whether commercial items or nondevelopmental items are available that could meet the agency's requirements;
Acquire commercial items or nondevelopmental items when they are available to meet the needs of the agency; and
12.102 Applicability. This part shall be used for the acquisition of supplies or services that meet the definition of commercial items at 2.101.
Contracting officers shall use the policies in this part in conjunction with the policies and procedures for solicitation, evaluation and award prescribed in Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures; Part 14, Sealed Bidding; or Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation, as appropriate for the particular acquisition.
Contracts for the acquisition of commercial items are subject to the policies in other parts of this chapter. When a policy in another part of this chapter is inconsistent with a policy in this part, this Part 12 shall take precedence for the acquisition of commercial items.
The definition of commercial item in section 2.101 uses the phrase "purposes other than governmental purposes." These purposes are those that are not unique to a government.
This part shall not apply to the acquisition of commercial items-
At or below the micro-purchase threshold;
Using the Standard Form 44 (see 13.306);
Using the imprest fund (see 13.305);
Using the Governmentwide commercial purchase card; or
Directly from another Federal agency.
Contracting officers may treat any acquisition of supplies or services that, as determined by the head of the agency, are to be used to facilitate defense against or recovery from nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack, as an acquisition of commercial items.
A contract in an amount greater than $15,000,000 that is awarded on a sole source basis for an item or service treated as a commercial item under paragraph (f)(1) of this section but does not meet the definition of a commercial item as defined at FAR 2.101 shall not be exempt from-
Cost accounting standards (see Subpart 30.2); or
Cost or pricing data requirements (see 15.403).
In accordance with section 1431 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108-136) (41 U.S.C. 437), the contracting officer also may use Part 12 for any acquisition for services that does not meet the definition of commercial item in FAR 2.101, if the contract or task order-
In exercising the authority specified in paragraph (g)(1) of this section, the contracting officer should tailor paragraph (a) of the clause at FAR 52.212-4 as may be necessary to ensure the contract's remedies adequately protect the Government's interests.
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