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  "title": "FAR Part 12 - Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services",
  "domain": "Public Sector & Government Procurement",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "last_updated": "2026-06-01",
  "bluf": "Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 implements 41 USC chapter 33 and 10 USC chapter 247 by requiring federal executive agencies to conduct market research, acquire commercial products and commercial services when available, and require prime contractors and subcontractors to incorporate commercial products and services to the maximum extent practicable: Subpart 12.1 establishes the commercial-item preference policy at 12.101 requiring market research and Part 12 takes precedence over inconsistent FAR policies for commercial procurements (12.102); Subpart 12.2 specifies streamlined procedures including firm-fixed-price or fixed-price with economic price adjustment as the default contract type (12.207), with time-and-materials permitted only on competitive determination-and-findings basis; Subpart 12.3 mandates use of the standard commercial clauses 52.212-1 through 52.212-5 to maximum extent practicable, restricting inserted clauses to those required by law or executive order (12.301); the Government acquires only technical data rights customarily provided to the public with the commercial product or process (12.211); Subpart 12.5 lists laws inapplicable to commercial product or service contracts and prohibits use of Part 12 to waive substantive law where the prime is reselling another contractor's products without adding value (12.501).",
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}