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         <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">212.207</ph> Contract type.</title>
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         <p id="rrqcFE" outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(b) In accordance with section 805 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Pub. L. 110-181), use of time-and-materials and labor-hour contracts for the acquisition of commercial services is authorized only for the following:</p>
         <p id="inbhkK" outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">(i) Services acquired for support of a commercial product, as described in paragraph (1) of the definition of “commercial service” at FAR 2.101 (41 U.S.C. 103(a)).</p>
         <p id="rIFzbS" outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">(ii) Emergency repair services.</p>
         <p id="IZCWft" outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">(iii) Any other commercial
services only to the extent that the head of the agency concerned
approves a written determination by the contracting officer that—</p>
         <p id="ywMtFS" outputclass="List4" class="- topic/p ">(A) The services to be acquired are commercial services as defined in paragraph (2) of the definition of “commercial service” at FAR 2.101 (41 U.S.C. 103(a));</p>
         <p id="OmZlap" outputclass="List4" class="- topic/p ">(B) If the services to be
acquired are subject to FAR 15.403-1(c)(3)(ii), the offeror of the
services has submitted sufficient information in accordance with
that subsection;</p>
         <p id="njwDLE" outputclass="List4" class="- topic/p ">(C) Such services are commonly
sold to the general public through use of time-and-materials or
labor-hour contracts; and</p>
         <p id="jZAKcY" outputclass="List4" class="- topic/p ">(D) The use of a time-and-materials
or labor-hour contract type is in the best interest of the Government.</p>
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