48 CFR 212.371 - 212.371 Inapplicability of certain provisions and clauses to contracts for the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items.

Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 25, 2024

Title 48 - Federal Acquisition Regulations System last revised: Nov 15, 2024

View all text of Subpart 212.3 [212.301 - 212.371]

212.371 - 212.371 Inapplicability of certain provisions and clauses to contracts for the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items.

Link to an amendment published at 89 FR 82186, Oct. 10, 2024. Link to an amendment published at 89 FR 90236, Nov. 15, 2024.

Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) items are a subset of commercial products. Therefore, the provisions and clauses listed in 212.370 as not applicable to contracts or subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial products are also not applicable to contracts or subcontracts for the acquisition of COTS items. In addition, the following provisions and clauses published after January 1, 2015, not expressly authorized in law, are not applicable to contracts for the acquisition of COTS items:

(a) FAR 52.204-21, Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems.

(b) [Reserved]

[88 FR 80464, Nov. 17, 2023]

authority: 41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1

source: 60 FR 61595, Nov. 30, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 48 CFR 212.371