[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: 48CFR35.002]

[Page 701-702]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 35_RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTING--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  35.002  General.

    The primary purpose of contracted R&D programs is to advance 
scientific and technical knowledge and apply that knowledge to the 
extent necessary to achieve agency and national goals. Unlike contracts 
for supplies and services, most R&D contracts are directed toward 
objectives for which the work or methods cannot be precisely described 
in advance. It is difficult to judge the probabilities of success or 
required effort for technical approaches, some of which offer little or 
no early

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assurance of full success. The contracting process shall be used to 
encourage the best sources from the scientific and industrial community 
to become involved in the program and must provide an environment in 
which the work can be pursued with reasonable flexibility and minimum 
administrative burden.