Acquisition of commercial items, as implemented and encouraged in Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 12, brings significant benefit to DoD including: creation and integration of new technology; greater product availability and reliability; reduced acquisition cycle times; lower life cycle costs; increased competition, and an expanded pool of innovative and non-traditional contractors that seek to do business with DoD. The new Commercial Item Database, hosted on the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment, provides a searchable database of commercial item determinations that supports contracting officers’ efforts to maximize commercial item buys. 

Please refer to DFARS PGI 212.102 for policy guidance. More information of commercial item determinations and the CID database can be found in the training below. Questions can be directed to the DCMA Commercial Item Group at https://www.dcma.mil/commercial-item-group/.