Federal acquisition regulations system. Part12:Acquisition of commercial items. Subpart12.5:Applicability of certain laws to the acquisition of commercial items and commercially available off-the-shelf items. Section12.505:Applicability of certain laws to
COTS items are a subset of commercial items.?Therefore, any laws listed in sections 12.503 and 12.504 are also inapplicable or modified in their applicability to contracts or subcontracts for the acquisition of COTS items.?In addition, the following laws are not applicable to contracts for the acquisition of COTS items