[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 31210]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15639]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Announcement of Federal Aviation Administration Acquisition 
Management System Standard Clauses and Provisions

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces the 
availability of the FAA Acquisition Management System standard clauses. 
This notification facilitates the widest possible distribution and 
availability of the standard clauses to be used in FAA procurement 
contracts and screening information requests (SIRs). The FAA 
Acquisition Policy, Plans and Procedures Division, ASU-100, is 
responsible for configuration control and archive of the FAA contract 
clauses and provisions. Availability of clauses and provisions on the 
Internet and/or through ASU-100 will allow their incorporation by 
reference in FAA procurement actions.

ADDRESSES: The complete text of the FAA Acquisition Management System 
Standard Clauses is available on the Internet at http://www.faa.gov/
asu.appd/Toolbox.htm. Use of the Internet World Web Site is strongly 
encouraged for access to copies of the FAA Acquisition Management 
System. If Internet service is not available, requests for copies of 
the FAA Acquisition Management System Standard Clauses may be made to 
the following address: FAA Acquisition Reform, ASU-100, Rm. 435, 800 
Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20591.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Lankford, Procurement Management Branch, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Rm. 435, 800 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 
20591, (202) 267-7771.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 31, 1995, Congress passed an act, 
Making Appropriations for the Department of Transportation and Related 
Agencies, for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 1996, and for Other 
Purposes (The 1996 DOT Appropriations Act). On November 15, 1995, the 
President signed this bill into law. In Section 348 of this law, 
Congress directed the Administrator of the FAA to develop and implement 
a new acquisition management system that addresses the unique needs of 
the agency. The new FAA acquisition management system went into effect 
on April 1, 1996 [see Notice of availability at 61 FR 15155 (April 4, 
1996)]. As part of this system, the FAA has prepared standard clauses 
for inclusion in contracts and screening information requests.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 20, 1996.
Dennis DeGaetano,
Director of Acquisitions, ASU-1.
[FR Doc. 96-15639 Filed 6-18-96; 8:45 am]
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