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FAR RIN: 9000-AL44 Publication ID: Spring 2011 
Title: FAR Case 2008-034, Use of Commercial Services Item Authority 
Abstract: DoD, GSA, and NASA are amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to revise the language at 15.403-1 and 15.403-3. These revisions provide that the procurement of commercial 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 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 these services 
Agency: DOD/GSA/NASA (FAR)(FAR)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 15   
Legal Authority: 40 USC 121(c)    10 USC ch 137    42 USC 2473(c)   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule  10/14/2009  74 FR 52852   
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End  12/14/2009    
Final Rule  03/16/2011  76 FR 14568   
Final Rule Effective  03/16/2011    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Edward Chambers
Procurement Analyst
DOD/GSA/NASA (FAR)
1800 F Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20405
Phone:202 501-3221
Email: edward.chambers@gsa.gov