48 CFR § 8.102 - 8.102 Policy.

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s8.102"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 8.102 - 8.102   Policy."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "8.102"
section_name: "8.102   Policy."
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "ACQUISITION PLANNING"
part_number: "8"
part_name: "REQUIRED SOURCES OF SUPPLIES AND SERVICES"
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 42129, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "8"
---


# 8.102 8.102   Policy.

When practicable, agencies shall use excess personal property as the first source of supply for agency and cost-reimbursement contractor requirements. Agency personnel shall make positive efforts to satisfy agency requirements by obtaining and using excess personal property (including that suitable for adaptation or substitution) before initiating a contract action.

[67 FR 13053, Mar. 20, 2002, as amended at 85 FR 67618, Oct. 23, 2020]