[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: 48CFR44]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 44_SUBCONTRACTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
Subpart 44.4_Subcontracts for Commercial Items and Commercial Components
 
Sec.  44.402  Policy requirements.

    (a) Contractors and subcontractors at all tiers shall, to the 
maximum extent practicable:
    (1) Be required to incorporate commercial items or nondevelopmental 
items as components of items delivered to the Government; and
    (2) Not be required to apply to any of its divisions, subsidiaries, 
affiliates, subcontractors or suppliers that are furnishing commercial 
items or commercial components any clause, except those--
    (i) Required to implement provisions of law or executive orders 
applicable to

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subcontractors furnishing commercial items or commercial components; or
    (ii) Determined to be consistent with customary commercial practice 
for the item being acquired.
    (b) The clause at 52.244-6, Subcontracts for Commercial Items and 
Commercial Components, implements the policy in paragraph (a) of this 
section. Notwithstanding any other clause in the prime contract, only 
those clauses identified in the clause at 52.244-6 are required to be in 
subcontracts for commercial items or commercial components.
    (c) Agencies may supplement the clause at 52.244-6 only as necessary 
to reflect agency unique statutes applicable to the acquisition of 
commercial items.