[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 48CFR12.504]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

 

PART 12_ACQUISITION OF COMMERCIAL ITEMS--Table of Contents

 

    Subpart 12.5_Applicability of Certain Laws to the Acquisition of 

                            Commercial Items

 

Sec. 12.504  Applicability of certain laws to subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial items.



    (a) The following laws are not applicable to subcontracts at any 

tier for the acquisition of commercial items or commercial components at 

any tier:

    (1) 10 U.S.C. 2631, Transportation of Supplies by Sea (except for 

the types of subcontracts listed at 47.504(d)).



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    (2) 15 U.S.C. 644(d), Requirements relative to labor surplus areas 

under the Small Business Act (see subpart 19.2).

    (3) 31 U.S.C. 1352, Limitation on Payments to Influence Certain 

Federal Transactions (see subpart 3.8).

    (4) 41 U.S.C. 43, Walsh-Healey Act (see subpart 22.6).

    (5) 41 U.S.C. 253d, Validation of Proprietary Data Restrictions (see 

subpart 27.4).

    (6) 41 U.S.C. 254(a) and 10 U.S.C. 2306(b), Contingent Fees (see 

subpart 3.4).

    (7) 41 U.S.C. 254d(c) and 10 U.S.C. 2313(c), Examination of Records 

of Contractor, when a subcontractor is not required to provide cost or 

pricing data (15.209(b)).

    (8) 41 U.S.C. 416(a)(6), Minimum Response Time for Offers under 

Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (see subpart 5.2).

    (9) 41 U.S.C. 418a, Rights in Technical Data (see subpart 27.4).

    (10) 41 U.S.C. 701, et seq., Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 (see 

subpart 23.5).

    (11) 46 U.S.C. Appx 1241(b), Transportation in American Vessels of 

Government Personnel and Certain Cargo (see Subpart 47.5) (except for 

the types of subcontracts listed at 47.504(d)).

    (12) 49 U.S.C. 40118, Fly American provisions (see subpart 47.4).

    (b) The requirements for a certificate and clause under the Contract 

Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, 40 U.S.C. 3701, et seq., (see 

Subpart 22.3) are not applicable to subcontracts at any tier for the 

acquisition of commercial items or commercial components.

    (c) The applicability of the following laws have been modified in 

regards to subcontracts at any tier for the acquisition of commercial 

items or commercial components:

    (1) 41 U.S.C. 253g and 10 U.S.C. 2402, Prohibition on Limiting 

Subcontractor Direct Sales to the United States (see subpart 3.5).

    (2) 41 U.S.C. 254(d) and 10 U.S.C. 2306a, Truth in Negotiations Act 

(see subpart 15.4).

    (3) 41 U.S.C. 422, Cost Accounting Standards (48 CFR chapter 99) 

(see 12.214).



[60 FR 48241, Sept. 18, 1996 as amended at 61 FR 67418, Dec. 20, 1996; 

62 FR 232, 236, Jan. 2, 1997; 62 FR 51270, Sept. 30, 1997; 64 FR 72416, 

72418, Dec. 27, 1999; 65 FR 46069, July 26, 2000; 68 FR 13203, Mar. 18, 

2003; 70 FR 57454, Sept. 30, 2005]