48 CFR § 12.201 - 12.201 General.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s12.201"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 12.201 - 12.201 General."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "12.201"
section_name: "12.201 General."
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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# 12.201 12.201 General.
This subpart identifies special requirements for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services intended to more closely resemble those customarily used in the commercial marketplace, as well as other considerations necessary for proper planning, solicitation, evaluation, and award of contracts for commercial products and commercial services.
[79 FR 24200, Apr. 29, 2014, as amended at 86 FR 61022, Nov. 4, 2021]