{"data":{"id":"us/48-cfr-208.7402","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"48 CFR 208.7402","heading":"208.7402 General.","body":"(a) Departments and agencies shall fulfill requirements for commercial software and commercial software services, such as software maintenance, in accordance with the DoD Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI) (see https://www.esi.mil/). ESI promotes the use of enterprise software agreements (ESAs) with contractors that allow DoD to obtain favorable terms and pricing for commercial software and related services. ESI does not dictate the products or services to be acquired.\n(b) Include an evaluation factor regarding supply chain risk (see subpart 239.73) when acquiring information technology, whether as a service or as a supply, that is a covered system, is a part of a covered system, or is in support of a covered system, as defined in 239.7301.","path":["Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System","CHAPTER 2—DEFENSE ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE","SUBCHAPTER B—ACQUISITION PLANNING","PART 208—REQUIRED SOURCES OF SUPPLIES AND SERVICES","Subpart 208.74—Enterprise Software Agreements"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-48.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:29Z","sha256":"266ca21d0c2c8cadbafbb9757608e6275485938f7f8327650aeeb2af16ee513b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/48-cfr-208.7401","next":"us/48-cfr-208.7403"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}