# 12.101 Policy.

Agencies shall-

1. (a) Conduct market research to determine whether commercial items or nondevelopmental items are available that could meet the agency’s requirements;

2. (b) Acquire commercial items or nondevelopmental items when they are available to meet the needs of the agency; and

3. (c) Require prime contractors and subcontractors at all tiers to incorporate, to the maximum extent practicable, commercial items or nondevelopmental items as components of items supplied to the agency.