48 CFR Part 502 — Definitions of Words and Terms

PART 502—DEFINITIONS OF WORDS AND TERMS Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c). Subpart 502.1—Definitions 502.101 Definitions. Commercial supplier agreements (a) Regardless of the format or style of the document. For example, a commercial supplier agreement may be styled as standard terms of sale or lease, Terms of Service (TOS), End User License Agreement (EULA), or another similar legal instrument or agreement, and may be presented as part of a proposal or quotation responding to a solicitation for a contract or order; (b) Regardless of the media or delivery mechanism used. For example, a commercial supplier agreement may be presented as one or more paper documents or may appear on a computer or other electronic device screen during a purchase, software installation, other product delivery, registration for a service, or another transaction. Economic price adjustment (EPA) method GSA Information System (1) Cloud information system e.g., (2) External information system (3) Internal information system (4) Low Impact Software as a Service (LiSaaS) System (5) Mobile application Information System Packaging (1) Brand packaging, sales packaging or primary packaging means packaging intended to provide the user or consumer with the individual unit of the product, such as plastic casing. (2) Grouped packaging or secondary packaging means packaging intended to bundle, sell in bulk, brand, or market/display products. (3) Shipping packaging means packaging that serves as protection for the goods to ensure safe transport to the end customer, including: (i) Ancillary packaging or transport packaging or tertiary packaging means packaging intended to secure the product, such as packing peanuts, wrapping materials, or molded materials. Ancillary packaging (or all shipping packaging) is typically outside of brand packaging. (ii) Redundant packaging or unnecessary packaging means packaging that does not add any measurable protection to the supply being shipped, such as multiple layers of bubble wrap to an already durable product that is encased in a cardboard box. An example of this is a home testing kit with all plastic components already packaged in a cardboard box with cardboard inserts to absorb shock, that is then shipped in multiple layers of bubble wrap. In this example the bubble wrap is the redundant single-use plastic packaging. (4) Ancillary packaging or transport packaging or tertiary packaging means packaging intended to secure the product, such as packing peanuts, wrapping materials, or molded materials. Ancillary packaging (or all shipping packaging) is typically outside of brand packaging. (5) Redundant packaging or unnecessary packaging means packaging that does not add any measurable protection to the supply being shipped, such as multiple layers of bubble wrap to an already durable product that is encased in a cardboard box. An example of this is a home testing kit with all plastic components already packaged in a cardboard box with cardboard inserts to absorb shock, that is then shipped in multiple layers of bubble wrap. In this example the bubble wrap is the redundant single-use plastic packaging. Plastic Single-use plastic (SUP) packaging Single-use plastic (SUP) free packaging [83 FR 7633, Feb. 22, 2018, as amended at 86 FR 68442, Dec. 2, 2021; 87 FR 7395, Feb. 9, 2022; 89 FR 48336, June 6, 2024; 89 FR 55523, July 5, 2024; 89 FR 63327, Aug. 5, 2024]

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