---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 244.101"
title: "48"
number: "244.101"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/244.101"
---

# §244.101. Definitions.


Acceptable purchasing system means a purchasing system that complies with the system criteria in paragraph (c) of the clause at 252.244-7001.

Purchasing system means the contractor's system or systems for purchasing and subcontracting, including make-or-buy decisions, the selection of vendors, analysis of quoted prices, negotiation of prices with vendors, placing and administering of orders, and expediting delivery of materials.


## Notes

### Amendments

[90 FR 5730, Jan. 17, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1.

### Source

Source: 56 FR 36447, July 31, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[90 FR 5730, Jan. 17, 2025]