---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 12.206"
title: "48"
number: "12.206"
heading: "Use of past performance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/12.206"
---

# §12.206. Use of past performance.


Past performance should be an important element of every evaluation and contract award for commercial products and commercial services. Contracting officers should consider past performance data from a wide variety of sources both inside and outside the Federal Government in accordance with the policies and procedures contained in [subpart 9.1](/cfr/48/subpart9.1.md), [section 13.106](/cfr/48/13.106.md), or [subpart 15.3](/cfr/48/subpart15.3.md), as applicable.


## Notes

### Amendments

[60 FR 48241, Sept. 18, 1995, as amended at 61 FR 39192, July 26, 1996; 62 FR 51270, Sept. 30, 1997; 62 FR 64917, Dec. 9, 1997; 86 FR 61022, 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 61 FR 39192, July 26, 1996; 62 FR 51270, Sept. 30, 1997; 62 FR 64917, Dec. 9, 1997; 86 FR 61022, Nov. 4, 2021]