48 CFR § 8.713 - 8.713 Optional acquisition of supplies and services.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s8.713"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 8.713 - 8.713 Optional acquisition of supplies and services."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "8.713"
section_name: "8.713 Optional acquisition of supplies and services."
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"
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# 8.713 8.713 Optional acquisition of supplies and services.
(a) Ordering offices may acquire supplies and services not included on the Procurement List from a AbilityOne participating nonprofit agency that is the low responsive, responsible offeror under a solicitation issued by other authorized acquisition methods.
(b) Ordering offices should forward solicitations to AbilityOne participating nonprofit agencies that may be qualified to provide the supplies or services required.
[48 FR 42129, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 59 FR 67029, Dec. 28, 1994; 73 FR 53995, Sept. 17, 2008]