[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

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[CITE: 48CFR7.102]



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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. 7.102  Policy.



    (a) Agencies shall perform acquisition planning and conduct market 

research (see part 10) for all acquisitions in order to promote and 

provide for--

    (1) Acquisition of commercial items or, to the extent that 

commercial items suitable to meet the agency's needs are not available, 

nondevelopmental items, to the maximum extent practicable (10 U.S.C. 

2377 and 41 U.S.C. 251, et seq.); and

    (2) Full and open competition (see part 6) or, when full and open 

competition is not required in accordance with part 6, to obtain 

competition to the maximum extent practicable, with due regard to the 

nature of the supplies or services to be acquired (10 U.S.C. 2301(a)(5) 

and 41 U.S.C. 253a(a)(1)).

    (b) This planning shall integrate the efforts of all personnel 

responsible for significant aspects of the acquisition. The purpose of 

this planning is to ensure that the Government meets its needs in the 

most effective, economical, and timely manner. Agencies that have a 

detailed acquisition planning system in place that generally meets the 

requirements of 7.104 and 7.105 need not revise their system to 

specifically meet all of these requirements.



[60 FR 48236, Sept. 18, 1995]