{"abstract":"DoD, GSA, and NASA have adopted as final, without change, an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement section 868 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009. Section 868 provides that the FAR shall be amended with respect to the procurement of commercial services, specifically services that are not offered and sold competitively in substantial quantities in the commercial marketplace, but are of a type offered and sold competitively in substantial quantities in the commercial marketplace. These services may be considered commercial items only if the contracting officer has determined in writing that the offeror has submitted sufficient information to evaluate, through price analysis, the reasonableness of the price for such services. The rule details the information the contracting officer may consider in order to make this determination.","action":"Final rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE","name":"Defense Department","id":103,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/defense-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/103","parent_id":null,"slug":"defense-department"},{"raw_name":"GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION","name":"General Services Administration","id":210,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/general-services-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/210","parent_id":null,"slug":"general-services-administration"},{"raw_name":"NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION","name":"National Aeronautics and Space Administration","id":301,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-aeronautics-and-space-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/301","parent_id":null,"slug":"national-aeronautics-and-space-administration"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2011/03/16/2011-5557.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":15,"title":48}],"citation":"76 FR 14568","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Effective Date: March 16, 2011.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["FAC 2005-50","FAR Case 2008-034","Item VI","Docket 2009-0035, Sequence 1"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2011-5557","effective_on":"2011-03-16","end_page":14569,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2011/03/16/2011-5557.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2011/03/16/2011-5557/federal-acquisition-regulation-use-of-commercial-services-item-authority","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2011-5557?publication_date=2011-03-16","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2011-03-16/2011-5557/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":2,"page_views":{"count":922,"last_updated":"2026-10-24 06:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-03-16/pdf/2011-5557.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2011-03-16","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2011/03/16/2011-5557.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"9000-AL44":{"issue":"201104","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/9000-AL44/far-case-2008-034-use-of-commercial-services-item-authority","title":"FAR Case 2008-034, Use of Commercial Services Item Authority","xml_url":"http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=201104&RIN=9000-AL44&operation=OPERATION_EXPORT_XML","priority_category":"Substantive, Nonsignificant"}},"regulation_id_numbers":["9000-AL44"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2011-04-05T08:05:39Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":false,"signing_date":null,"start_page":14568,"subtype":null,"title":"Federal Acquisition Regulation; Use of Commercial Services Item Authority","toc_doc":"Use of Commercial Services Item Authority","toc_subject":"Federal Acquisition Regulations:","topics":["Government procurement"],"type":"Rule","volume":76}