48 CFR § 213.501 - 213.501 Special documentation requirements.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s213.501"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 213.501 - 213.501 Special documentation requirements."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "213.501"
section_name: "213.501 Special documentation requirements."
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "DEFENSE ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "CONTRACTING METHODS AND CONTRACT TYPES"
part_number: "213"
part_name: "SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES"
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. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1."
regulatory_source: "64 FR 2596, Jan. 15, 1999, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "213"
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# 213.501 213.501 Special documentation requirements.
(a)(i) *Sole source (including brand name) acquisitions.* For noncompetitive follow-on acquisitions of supplies or services previously awarded on a noncompetitive basis, include the additional documentation required by PGI 206.303-2(b)(i) and follow the procedures at PGI 206.304(a)(S-70).
(ii) In accordance with section 888(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Pub. L. 114-328), the justification and approval addressed in FAR 13.501(a) is required in order to use brand name or equal descriptions or proprietary specifications and standards.
[80 FR 21657, Apr. 20, 2015, as amended at 84 FR 25192, May 31, 2019]