48 CFR § 208.7402 - 208.7402 General.

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title: "48 CFR § 208.7402 - 208.7402   General."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "208.7402"
section_name: "208.7402   General."
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "DEFENSE ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE"
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subchapter_name: "ACQUISITION PLANNING"
part_number: "208"
part_name: "REQUIRED SOURCES OF SUPPLIES AND SERVICES"
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authority: "41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1."
regulatory_source: "56 FR 36306, July 31, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
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# 208.7402 208.7402   General.

(a) Departments and agencies shall fulfill requirements for commercial software and commercial software services, such as software maintenance, in accordance with the DoD Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI) (see *https://www.esi.mil/).* ESI promotes the use of enterprise software agreements (ESAs) with contractors that allow DoD to obtain favorable terms and pricing for commercial software and related services. ESI does not dictate the products or services to be acquired.

(b) Include an evaluation factor regarding supply chain risk (see subpart 239.73) when acquiring information technology, whether as a service or as a supply, that is a covered system, is a part of a covered system, or is in support of a covered system, as defined in 239.7301.

[67 FR 65511, Oct. 25, 2002, as amended at 78 FR 69270, Nov. 18, 2013; 80 FR 67251, Oct. 30, 2015; 88 FR 6581, Jan. 31, 2023]