[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: 48CFR7.106]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 7_ACQUISITION PLANNING--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart 7.1_Acquisition Plans
 
Sec.  7.106  Additional requirements for major systems.

    (a) In planning for the solicitation of a major system (see part 34) 
development contract, planners shall consider requiring offerors to 
include, in their offers, proposals to incorporate in the design of a 
major system--
    (1) Items which are currently available within the supply system of 
the agency responsible for the major system, available elsewhere in the 
national supply system, or commercially available from more than one 
source; and
    (2) Items which the Government will be able to acquire competitively 
in the future if they are likely to be needed in substantial quantities 
during the system's service life.
    (b) In planning for the solicitation of a major system (see part 34) 
production contract, planners shall consider requiring offerors to 
include, in their offers, proposals identifying opportunities to assure 
that the Government will be able to obtain, on a competitive basis, 
items acquired in connection with the system that are likely to be 
acquired in substantial quantities during the service life of the 
system. Proposals submitted in response to such requirements may include 
the following:
    (1) Proposals to provide the Government the right to use technical 
data to be provided under the contract for competitive future 
acquisitions, together with the cost to the Government, if any, of 
acquiring such technical data and the right to use such data.
    (2) Proposals for the qualification or development of multiple 
sources of supply for competitive future acquisitions.
    (c) In determining whether to apply paragraphs (a) and (b) above, 
planners shall consider the purposes for which the system is being 
acquired and the technology necessary to meet the system's required 
capabilities. If such proposals are required, the contracting officer 
shall consider them in evaluating competing offers. In noncompetitive 
awards, the factors in paragraphs (a) and (b) above, may be considered 
by the contracting officer as objectives in negotiating the contract.

[50 FR 27561, July 3, 1985 and 51 FR 27116, July 29, 1986]