{"data":{"id":"us/41-cfr-101-29.401","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"41 CFR 101-29.401","heading":"-29.401 Federal product descriptions listed in the GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions.","body":"(a) Federal product descriptions shall be used by all Federal agencies in the procurement of supplies and services covered by such descriptions, except as provided in § 101-29.402 and § 101-29.403.\n(b) The order of preference in selecting Federal product descriptions for acquisition shall be:\n(1) Any Federal product description adopting voluntary standards.\n(2) Commercial item descriptions.\n(3) Federal specifications and standards.","path":["Title 41—Public Contracts and Property Management","Subtitle C—Federal Property Management Regulations System","CHAPTER 101—FEDERAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS","SUBCHAPTER E—SUPPLY AND PROCUREMENT","PART 101-29—FEDERAL PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS","Subpart 101-29.4—Mandatory Use of Federal Product Descriptions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-41.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:05Z","sha256":"46c95a25b0f695ee583fb2105878c5492f1f8487a1a05c11c6808e8c573f1ba9","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/41-cfr-101-29.303","next":"us/41-cfr-101-29.402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}