Source Selection Step by Step

CHAPTER 46COMMERCIAL ITEM PROCUREMENT

The FAR’s definition for a commercial item is extensive and appears in Exhibit 46-1. It includes not only products sold to the general public, but many services as well. It even includes products that are evolving from items sold to the general public but have not yet been offered for sale. And, as you can see in the exhibit, it includes certain categories of nondevelopmental items (NDI).

The FAR requires that acquisitions of commercial items be made pursuant to FAR Part 12. While the simplified source selection procedures found in FAR Part 13 or the more complex source selection procedures in FAR Part 15 may ...