Commercial Off the Shelf definition

Commercial Off the Shelf. (“COTS”) for the purposes of this solicitation means non-developmental software which has been created for specific uses and is available to the general public in the commercial marketplace. COTS products are designed to be implemented easily into existing systems without the need for customization. “End-User License Agreement (XXXX)” is a legal contract between the manufacturer (publisher) and the end User of an application that details how the software can and cannot be used.

Commercial Off the Shelf means mass-produced, readily available hardware devices, including card readers, printers, or personal computers, and their firmware or software products, including operating systems, programming language compilers, or database management systems.

Commercial Off the Shelf or “COTS” means pre-designed software products which are made available for sale by ImageTrend to many customers. COTS is mutually exclusive to Custom Software or Custom IP. MOTS means Modified Off The Shelf, and is a derivative work of ImageTrend COTS Software.

Examples of Commercial Off the Shelf in a sentence

• If at award, or anytime during contract performance, the dollar amount of the contract award exceeds $150,000 or $5,000,000 under GSA Schedule, with a period of performance over 120 days, the successful bidder is required to register in the E-Verify System and verify that all individuals to be hired under the contract award are eligible for employment within the U.S. This requirement is not applicable to work that will be performed outside the U.S. or for Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) items.

• This requirement is applicable to awards that are more than $3,500 and considered commercial or noncommercial Services (except for commercial Services that are part of the purchase of a Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) item (or an item that would be a COTS item, but for minor modifications) performed by the COTS provider, and are normally provided for that COTS item) or Construction.Subcontractors who are only suppliers are not subject to E-Verify.

• This requirement is applicable to awards that are more than $3,000 and considered commercial or noncommercial Services (except for commercial Services that are part of the purchase of a Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) item (or an item that would be a COTS item, but for minor modifications) performed by the COTS provider, and are normally provided for that COTS item) or Construction.Subcontractors who are only suppliers are not subject to E-Verify.

• This requirement is applicable to awards that are more than $3,500 and considered commercial or noncommercial Services (except for commercial Services that are part of the purchase of a Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) item (or an item that would be a COTS item, but for minor modifications) performed by the COTS provider, and are normally provided for that COTS item) or Construction.

• The right to use a software as designed without customization for a determined fee, which includes general technical support, updates and upgrades to new versions or releases of the software (e.g. Software as a Service (SaaS) or Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) software) irrespective of where the software is hosted.

More Definitions of Commercial Off the Shelf

Commercial Off the Shelf or "COTS" means technology which is ready-made and available for sale, lease, or license to the general public;

Commercial Off the Shelf or “COTS” shall mean Equipment or Software, as applicable, that is generally available to the public.

Commercial Off the Shelf. ’ (COTS) software means specialized software (which could be a system, subsystem or module) designed for specific applications that is available for sale or lease to other users in the commercial marketplace, and that can be used with little or no modification.

Commercial Off the Shelf means Items that have been manufactured to the original equipment manufacturer's specifications versus Items manufactured to customer or Applied build-to-print specifications.

Commercial Off the Shelf or “COTS,” means a product that is packaged or canned (ready- made) hardware or software, which is adapted aftermarket to the needs of the customer organization, rather than the commissioning of custom-made solutions. COTS products are designed to be less costly to acquire, operate, and maintain than custom products designed for a single customer.

Commercial Off the Shelf or “COTS” means such software or hardware, general technology or computer products that are readymade and available for sale, lease, and license to the general public off the shelf.

Commercial Off the Shelf or “COTS” means pre-built software usually from a 3rd party vendor.