[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 247 (Monday, December 27, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 72450-72451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33440]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

48 CFR Parts 2, 5, 14, 15, 19, 32, 33, 36, 42, and 52

[FAC 97-15; Item XI]


Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration 
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Technical amendments.

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SUMMARY: This document makes amendments to the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation in order to update references and make editorial changes.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 27, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The FAR Secretariat, Room 4035, GS

[[Page 72451]]

Building, Washington, DC 20405, (202) 501-4755.

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Parts 2, 5, 14, 15, 19, 32, 33, 36, 42, 
and 52

    Government procurement.

    Dated: December 20, 1999.
Edward C. Loeb,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division.

    Therefore, DoD, GSA, and NASA amend 48 CFR Parts 2, 5, 14, 15, 19, 
32, 33, 36, 42, and 52 as set forth below:
    1. The authority citation for 48 CFR Parts 2, 5, 14, 15, 19, 32, 
33, 36, 42, and 52 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 40 U.S.C. 486(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 137; and 42 
U.S.C. 2473(c).

PART 2--DEFINITIONS OF WORDS AND TERMS


2.101  [Amended]

    2. Amend the definition ``simplified acquisition threshold'' in 
section 2.101 by removing ``10 U.S.C. 2302(7)'' and adding ``10 U.S.C. 
2302(8)'' in its place.

PART 5--PUBLICIZING CONTRACT ACTIONS

    3. Revise paragraph (f)(3) of section 5.205 to read as follows:


5.205  Special situations.

* * * * *
    (f) * * *
    (3) Advising that eligibility to participate may be restricted to 
firms in either the developmental stage or the developmental and 
transitional stages; and
* * * * *

PART 14--SEALED BIDDING

    4. Revise paragraph (r) of section 14.201-6 to read as follows:


14.201-6  Solicitation provisions.

* * * * *
    (r) Insert the provision at 52.214-23, Late Submissions, 
Modifications, Revisions, and Withdrawals of Technical Proposals under 
Two-Step Sealed Bidding, in solicitations for technical proposals in 
step one of two-step sealed bidding.
* * * * *

PART 15--CONTRACTING BY NEGOTIATION


15.208  [Amended]

    5. Amend the first sentence of paragraph (a) in section 15.208 by 
removing ``or withdrawals,''; and the first sentence of paragraph 
(b)(1) by removing ``revision, or withdrawal'' and inserting ``or 
revision,'' in its place.

PART 19--SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS

    6. Amend section 19.702 by revising the last sentence in paragraph 
(d) to read as follows:


19.702  Statutory requirements.

* * * * *
    (d) * * * However, the mentor-protege agreement must have been 
approved by the--

Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, Office of 
the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and 
Logistics), 1777 N. Kent Street, Suite 9100, Arlington, VA 22209

before developmental assistance costs may be credited against 
subcontracting goals. A list of approved agreements may be obtained at 
http://www.acq.osd.mil/sadbu/mentor__protege/ or by calling 1-800-553-
1858.

PART 32--CONTRACT FINANCING


32.503-6  [Amended]

    7. Amend paragraph (e)(3) of section 32.503-6 by removing ``52.232-
6'' and adding ``52.232-16'' in its place.

PART 33--PROTESTS, DISPUTES, AND APPEALS


33.213  [Amended]

    8. Amend paragraph (a) of section 33.213 by removing ``paragraph 
(h)'' and adding ``paragraph (i)'' in its place.

PART 36--CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS


36.104  [Amended]

    9. Amend section 36.104 by removing ``(41 U.S.C. 541, et seq.)'' 
and adding ``(40 U.S.C. 541, et seq.)'' in its place.

PART 42--CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND AUDIT SERVICES


42.203  [Amended]

    10. Amend section 42.203 by removing ``DCMCC-F'' and adding ``DCMC-
BD'' in its place.

PART 52--SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES


52.215-1  [Amended]

    11. Amend section 52.215-1 by revising the date of the provision to 
read ``(DEC 1999)''; in the first sentence of paragraph (c)(3)(i) of 
the provision by removing ``, revisions, or withdrawals,'' and adding 
``or revisions,'' in its place; and in the first sentence of paragraph 
(c)(3)(ii)(A) of the provision by removing ``revision, or withdrawal'' 
and adding ``or revision,'' in its place.


52.228-14  [Amended]

    12. Amend section 52.228-14 by revising the date of the clause to 
read ``(DEC 1999)''; and in paragraphs (f) and (g) of the clause by 
removing ``____, 19__'' and inserting ``(Date)____'' in their place.

[FR Doc. 99-33440 Filed 12-23-99; 8:45 am]
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