48 CFR § 1.101 - 1.101 Purpose.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s1.101"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 1.101 - 1.101 Purpose."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "1.101"
section_name: "1.101 Purpose."
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "1"
part_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 42103, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1"
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# 1.101 1.101 Purpose.
The Federal Acquisition Regulations System is established for the codification and publication of uniform policies and procedures for acquisition by all executive agencies. The Federal Acquisition Regulations System consists of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), which is the primary document, and agency acquisition regulations that implement or supplement the FAR. The FAR System does not include internal agency guidance of the type described in 1.301(a)(2).
[48 FR 42103, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 51 FR 27116, July 29, 1986]