§ 104. Commercially available off-the-shelf item

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.