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Epiphany: Have you ever been told something, read something, and thought something for months, but then later concluded that what you were told and how you understood what you read was different from a plain reading of the text? The Commercial Item Itself: When you read paragraph (1) of the commercial item definition found in FAR 2.101, do you think paragraph (1) is saying that the proposed item itself must be either sold or offered for sale to the public [to qualify as commercial under paragraph (1)]? When you read paragraph (1) of the commercial item definition found in 41 USC Sec. 103 (http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/41/103), do you think paragraph (1) is saying that the proposed item itself must be either sold or offered for sale to the public? How many people do you know who say or think that only the "of a type" item must be sold or offered for sale for the proposed item to qualify as commercial under paragraph (1)? Are you familiar with any case law to support this? Points against "Of a Type": It may be in the best interest of the defense industry (and perhaps the government) to act as if paragraph (1) allows for an item that has never been sold or offered to the public to qualify as commercial under paragraph (1). But is that what it actually says? What would be the point of paragraph (2) if a proposed item could qualify as commercial under paragraph (1) based on another "of a type" item having been sold or offered for sale to the public? Would not paragraph (2) be largely redundant if this was true? Also, a proposed item could qualify for paragraph (1) or paragraph (3) because both address "of a type". When I held to my previous understanding of paragraph (1), I found it difficult to establish when a "modified item" should go under either paragraph (1) or (3). Conclusion: What do you think? Is it correct by definition for an item that has not itself been sold or offered for sale to the general public to be claimed as commercial under paragraph (1) of the FAR 2.101 commercial item definition? If not, do you think it is still pragmatically appropriate?
