CON 1200V - LESSON 2: DEFINING, DESCRIBING, AND SHAPING
INTERNAL CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS
How does the FAR define the terms supplies, end product, services, and
construction?
Supplies:
Means all property except land or interest in land. It includes (but is not limited to) public
works, buildings, and facilities; ships, floating equipment, and vessels of every
character, type, and description, together with parts and accessories; aircraft and
aircraft parts, accessories, and equipment; machine tools; and the alteration or
installation of any of the foregoing.
End product:
Means supplies delivered under a line item of a Government contract, except for use in
part 25 and the associated clauses at 52.225-1, 52.225-3, and 52.225-5, see the
definitions in 25.003, 52.225-1(a), 52.225-3(a), and 52.225-5(a).
Services:
NOTE: The FAR does not define services but it does define a service contract at FAR
37.101.
Construction:
Means construction, alteration, or repair (including dredging, excavating, and painting)
of buildings, structures, or other real property. For purposes of this definition, the terms
"buildings, structures, or other real property" include, but are not limited to,
improvements of all types, such as bridges, dams, plants, highways, parkways, streets,
subways, tunnels, sewers, mains, power lines, cemeteries, pumping stations, railways,
airport facilities, terminals, docks, piers, wharves, ways, lighthouses, buoys, jetties,
breakwaters, levees, canals, and channels. Construction does not include the
manufacture, production, furnishing, construction, alteration, repair, processing, or
assembling of vessels, aircraft, or other kinds of personal property (except that for use
in subpart 22.5, see the definition at 22.502).
What three elements must be used to describe requirements?
* Functions to be performed;
* Performance required, or
* Essential physical characteristics
What are some formal techniques to solicit industry feedback?
* Requests for Information (RFIs)
* Draft requests for proposals (RFPs)
* Industry days
* Small business opportunities conferences, etc.
How does the FAR define the terms commercial products, commercial services,
nondevelopmental items, and developmental items?
Commercial products:
Means-
(1) A product, other than real property, that is of a type customarily used by the general
public or by nongovernmental entities for purposes other than governmental purposes,
and-
(i) Has been sold, leased, or licensed to the general public; or
INTERNAL CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS
How does the FAR define the terms supplies, end product, services, and
construction?
Supplies:
Means all property except land or interest in land. It includes (but is not limited to) public
works, buildings, and facilities; ships, floating equipment, and vessels of every
character, type, and description, together with parts and accessories; aircraft and
aircraft parts, accessories, and equipment; machine tools; and the alteration or
installation of any of the foregoing.
End product:
Means supplies delivered under a line item of a Government contract, except for use in
part 25 and the associated clauses at 52.225-1, 52.225-3, and 52.225-5, see the
definitions in 25.003, 52.225-1(a), 52.225-3(a), and 52.225-5(a).
Services:
NOTE: The FAR does not define services but it does define a service contract at FAR
37.101.
Construction:
Means construction, alteration, or repair (including dredging, excavating, and painting)
of buildings, structures, or other real property. For purposes of this definition, the terms
"buildings, structures, or other real property" include, but are not limited to,
improvements of all types, such as bridges, dams, plants, highways, parkways, streets,
subways, tunnels, sewers, mains, power lines, cemeteries, pumping stations, railways,
airport facilities, terminals, docks, piers, wharves, ways, lighthouses, buoys, jetties,
breakwaters, levees, canals, and channels. Construction does not include the
manufacture, production, furnishing, construction, alteration, repair, processing, or
assembling of vessels, aircraft, or other kinds of personal property (except that for use
in subpart 22.5, see the definition at 22.502).
What three elements must be used to describe requirements?
* Functions to be performed;
* Performance required, or
* Essential physical characteristics
What are some formal techniques to solicit industry feedback?
* Requests for Information (RFIs)
* Draft requests for proposals (RFPs)
* Industry days
* Small business opportunities conferences, etc.
How does the FAR define the terms commercial products, commercial services,
nondevelopmental items, and developmental items?
Commercial products:
Means-
(1) A product, other than real property, that is of a type customarily used by the general
public or by nongovernmental entities for purposes other than governmental purposes,
and-
(i) Has been sold, leased, or licensed to the general public; or
