FAR 12.500 Scope of subpart
Section Federal Acquisition Regulation
Facts
- Citation
- FAR 12.500
- Type
- Section
- Last amended
- 86 FR 61017 Effective Dec 6, 2021
- Text as of
- FAC 2026-01
- Official text
- acquisition.gov
Text from acquisition.gov. Federal Register history from the Federal Register's records of the rules that amended this section.
Text
(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.
Federal Register history
Quick answers
What is FAR 12.500?
FAR 12.500 is a section of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, titled "Scope of subpart".
When was FAR 12.500 last changed?
The most recent final rule on record is "Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revision of Definition of “Commercial Item”" (86 FR 61017), published Nov 4, 2021 and effective Dec 6, 2021.
Are changes to FAR 12.500 proposed?
No proposed rule from the last 3 years is waiting on a final rule.
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