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DoD finalizes rule expanding contractor rights in technical data

October 7, 2016 By Andrew Smith

US DoD logoThe Department of Defense (DoD) has issued a Final Rule that gives added protections to the technical data of privately developed commercial items incorporated into major systems, including major weapon systems.

This rule implements Section 813(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2016 and modifies 10 U.S.C.§ 2321(f).

In general, a defense contractor’s assertion that a commercial item was developed exclusively at private expense is presumed to be valid, even if the contractor does not respond to a challenge notice from the Contracting Officer.  Prior to the Final Rule, however, this presumption (known as the “Commercial Rule”) did not apply to DoD’s procurement of “major systems” or “subsystems or components of major systems,” unless the technical data related to commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) items. Thus, without the benefit of the presumption in connection with the procurement of a “major system,” contractors were required to justify their assertion that an item was developed exclusively at private expense if they wanted to restrict the Government’s rights in the underlying technical data.

This exception to the Commercial Rule is known as the “Major Systems Exception.”

Keep reading this article at: https://www.insidegovernmentcontracts.com/2016/09/dod-finalizes-rule-expanding-contractor-rights-in-technical-data-used-in-major-systems/

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: commercial products, Commercial Rule, DoD, Major Systems Exception, major weapon systems, NDAA, rights in data, technology development

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