Commercially available off-the-shelf item
41 U.S.C. § 104
in effectIn this subtitle, the term “commercially available off-the-shelf item”—
(1) means an item that—(A) is a commercial product (as described in section 103(1) of this title); (B) is sold in substantial quantities in the commercial marketplace; and (C) is offered to the Federal Government, without modification, in the same form in which it is sold in the commercial marketplace; but
(2) does not include bulk cargo, as defined in section 40102(4) of title 46, such as agricultural products and petroleum products.
Source: OLRC USLMURL: https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/95/xml_usc41@119-95.zipFetched: 6/5/2026
