[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: 48CFR35.002]



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            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.