48 CFR § 12.500 - 12.500 Scope of subpart.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s12.500"
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title: "48 CFR § 12.500 - 12.500 Scope of subpart."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "12.500"
section_name: "12.500 Scope of subpart."
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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# 12.500 12.500 Scope of subpart.
(a) As required by 41 U.S.C. 1906 and 1907, this subpart lists provisions of law that are not applicable to—
(1) Contracts for the acquisition of commercial products or commercial services;
(2) Subcontracts, at any tier, for the acquisition of commercial products or commercial services; and
(3) Contracts and subcontracts, at any tier, for the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) items.
(b) This subpart also lists provisions of law that have been amended to eliminate or modify their applicability to either contracts or subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial products or commercial services.
[74 FR 2721, Jan. 15, 2009, as amended at 79 FR 24200, Apr. 29, 2014; 86 FR 61023, Nov. 4, 2021]