---
kind: "section"
citation: "41 C.F.R. § 101-29.401"
title: "41"
number: "101-29.401"
heading: "Federal product descriptions listed in the GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/41/101-29.401"
---

# §101-29.401. Federal product descriptions listed in the GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions.

- (a) Federal product descriptions shall be used by all Federal agencies in the procurement of supplies and services covered by such descriptions, except as provided in [§ 101-29.402](/cfr/41/101-29.402.md) and [§ 101-29.403](/cfr/41/101-29.403.md).
- (b) The order of preference in selecting Federal product descriptions for acquisition shall be:
  - (1) **Any Federal product description adopting voluntary standards.**
  - (2) **Commercial item descriptions.**
  - (3) **Federal specifications and standards.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 205(c), 63 Stat. 390; 40 U.S.C. 486(c).

### Source

Source: 48 FR 25196, June 6, 1983, unless otherwise noted.