---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 12.101"
title: "48"
number: "12.101"
heading: "Policy."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/12.101"
---

# §12.101. Policy.


The head of the agency shall—

- (a) Conduct market research to determine whether commercial products, commercial services, or nondevelopmental items are available that could meet the agency's requirements;
- (b) Acquire commercial products, commercial services, or nondevelopmental items when they are available to meet the needs of the agency; and
- (c) Require prime contractors and subcontractors at all tiers to incorporate, to the maximum extent practicable, commercial products, commercial services, or nondevelopmental items as components of items supplied to the agency.

## Notes

### Amendments

[60 FR 48241, Sept. 18, 1995, as amended at 85 FR 67623, Oct. 23, 2020; 86 FR 61021, Nov. 4, 2021]

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

### Source

Source: 60 FR 48241, Sept. 18, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[60 FR 48241, Sept. 18, 1995, as amended at 85 FR 67623, Oct. 23, 2020; 86 FR 61021, Nov. 4, 2021]