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DLAD PART 10 – MARKET RESEARCH



PART 10 – MARKET RESEARCH

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10.001 Policy.

10.002 Procedures.

10.001 Policy.

(1) Items or services that use Industry Standards (ASTM, SAE, etc.) as the sole procurement document;

(2) Items described by Commercial Item Descriptions (CIDs);

(3) Items with Acquisition Method Suffix Code (AMSC) “Z,” which includes commercial, nondevelopmental, and off-the-shelf items (see DFARS Appendix E, Part 2, Breakout Coding), if the contracting activity buys virtually all nondevelopmental items (such as DLA);

(4) Federal Stock Classes (FSCs) that can reasonably be presumed to be commercial in their entirety.

(A) When conducting an acquisition under FAR Part 12, buying activities cannot rely on the fact that industry representatives have not objected to a solicitation requirement as an indication that the requirement is consistent with customary commercial practice. Silence from prospective contractors is not an acceptable substitute for the agency’s obligation to conduct appropriate market research to confirm customary industry practice concerning a proposed solicitation term.

(B) If a buying activity includes a requirement in a solicitation and subsequently determines it is not consistent with customary commercial practice, the buying activity must either remove the requirement (see FAR 15.206) or execute approval of a waiver pursuant to FAR 12.302(c). The FAR does not prohibit granting a waiver following the issuance of the solicitation.

10.002 Procedures.

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