48 CFR § 12.103 - 12.103 Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) items.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s12.103"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 12.103 - 12.103 Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) items."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "12.103"
section_name: "12.103 Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) items."
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "ACQUISITION PLANNING"
part_number: "12"
part_name: "ACQUISITION OF COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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: "60 FR 48241, Sept. 18, 1995, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "12"
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# 12.103 12.103 Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) items.
Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) items are defined in 2.101. Unless indicated otherwise, all of the policies that apply to commercial products also apply to COTS items. Section 12.505 lists the laws that are not applicable to COTS items (in addition to 12.503 and 12.504).
[79 FR 24200, Apr. 29, 2014, as amended at 80 FR 4987, Jan. 29, 2015; 86 FR 61022, Nov. 4, 2021]