41 U.S.C. § 104
In 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.