(Added January 24, 2008)
PGI 212.1—ACQUISITION OF COMMERCIAL ITEMS – GENERAL
(See DFARS 212.1 - Pop-up window, PGI Viewer mode)
(a) Contracting officers shall ensure that contract files fully and adequately document the market research and rationale supporting a conclusion that the commercial item definition in FAR 2.101 has been satisfied. Particular care must be taken to document determinations involving “modifications of a type customarily available in the marketplace,” and items only “offered for sale, lease, or license to the general public,” but not yet actually sold, leased, or licensed. In these situations, the documentation must clearly detail the particulars of the modifications and sales offers. When such items lack sufficient market pricing histories, additional diligence must be given to determinations that prices are fair and reasonable as required by FAR Subpart 15.4.