§103a — Title 41 Public Contracts | U.S. Code

Summary

Commercial service means services the government buys that are also sold to the public. It covers support for commercial products (like installation and maintenance) when the seller offers the same services at the same time on similar terms. It also covers services sold competitively in substantial quantities at catalog or market prices for specific tasks under standard terms, including when moved among a contractor’s divisions, subsidiaries, or affiliates.

Title 41, §103a

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In this subtitle, the term “commercial service” means any of the following:

(1)Installation services, maintenance services, repair services, training services, and other services if—

(A)those services are procured for support of a commercial product, regardless of whether the services are provided by the same source or at the same time as the commercial product; and

(B)the source of the services provides similar services contemporaneously to the general public under terms and conditions similar to those offered to the Federal Government;

(2)Services of a type offered and sold competitively, in substantial quantities, in the commercial marketplace—

(A)based on established catalog or market prices;

(B)for specific tasks performed or specific outcomes to be achieved; and

(C)under standard commercial terms and conditions.

(3)A service described in paragraph (1) or (2), even though the service is transferred between or among separate divisions, subsidiaries, or affiliates of a contractor.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Jan. 1, 2020, subject to a

Savings Provision

, see section 836(h) of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as an

Effective Date

of 2018 Amendment;

Savings Provision

note under section 453b of Title 6, Domestic Security.

§103a Commercial Service

Summary

Title 41, §103a

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