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Code of Federal Regulations Title 48. Federal Acquisition Regulations System 48.44.402 Policy requirements

Current as of January 02, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Contractors and subcontractors at all tiers shall, to the maximum extent practicable:

(1) Be required to incorporate commercial items or nondevelopmental items as components of items delivered to the Government;  and

(2) Not be required to apply to any of its divisions, subsidiaries, affiliates, subcontractors or suppliers that are furnishing commercial items or commercial components any clause, except those—

(i) Required to implement provisions of law or executive orders applicable to subcontractors furnishing commercial items or commercial components;  or

(ii) Determined to be consistent with customary commercial practice for the item being acquired.

(b) The clause at 52.244–6, Subcontracts for Commercial Items, implements the policy in paragraph (a) of this section. Notwithstanding any other clause in the prime contract, only those clauses identified in the clause at 52.244–6 are required to be in subcontracts for commercial items or commercial components.

(c) Agencies may supplement the clause at 52.244–6 only as necessary to reflect agency unique statutes applicable to the acquisition of commercial items.

(d) [Redesignated as subsection (c) by 76 FR 14565]

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