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Most Relevant Regulations

FAR Subpart 37.6, Performance-Based Acquisition

FAR Part 37, Service Contracting

FAR 1.102, Statement of Guiding Principles for the Federal Acquisition System

FAR Part 7, Acquisition Planning
(notably Subpart 7.5 and provisions at 7.105 )

FAR Part 10, Market Research

FAR Part 11, Describing Agency Needs
(notably provisions at 11.101 and 11.106)

FAR Part 46, Quality Assurance
(notably provisions at 46.103 and 46.401)
[Note: In 1999, FAC 97-10 amended the FAR to reflect a preference for commercial contract quality requirements, rather than Federal or military specifications, and to permit greater flexibility in specifying higher-level contract quality requirements, such as ISO 9000 (see, for example, FAR 46.102(f), 46.202-4, and 46.311.]

Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994



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