[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR12.211]

[Page 187]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 12_ACQUISITION OF COMMERCIAL ITEMS--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart 12.2_Special Requirements for the Acquisition of Commercial 
                                  Items
 
Sec.  12.211  Technical data.

    Except as provided by agency-specific statutes, the Government shall 
acquire only the technical data and the rights in that data customarily 
provided to the public with a commercial item or process. The 
contracting officer shall presume that data delivered under a contract 
for commercial items was developed exclusively at private expense. When 
a contract for commercial items requires the delivery of technical data, 
the contracting officer shall include appropriate provisions and clauses 
delineating the rights in the technical data in addenda to the 
solicitation and contract (see part 27 or agency FAR supplements).