Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) items are defined in 2.101. Unless indicated otherwise, all of the policies that apply to commercial items also apply to COTS items. Section 12.505 lists the laws that are not applicable to COTS items (in addition to 12.503 and 12.504);

[79 FR 24200, Apr. 29, 2014, as amended at 80 FR 4987, Jan. 29, 2015]