[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 72718]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33615]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration


Best Practices Procurement Manual

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of updates to FTA's Best Practices Procurement Manual.

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SUMMARY: FTA periodically updates its Best Practices Procurement 
Manual. These updates are currently available through the FTA World 
Wide Web Page and the FTA Office of Procurement.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reginald Lovelace, FTA Office of 
Procurement, (202) 366-2654. Electronic access to this and other 
documents concerning FTA's procurement requirements may be obtained 
through the FTA World Wide Web home page at http://www.fta.dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FTA first published its Best Practices 
Procurement Manual (BPPM or Manual) in 1996. The purpose of the Manual 
is to assist FTA grantees and their contractors to better understand 
and implement the FTA third party procurement requirements, found at 
FTA Circular 4220.1D. Because the agency views the BPPM as a ``living 
document,'' it has been continuously updated since 1996.
    FTA has added the following subjects to the Manual: Procurement 
Planning and Organization (indefinite delivery contracts); 
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) (comparing the previous and 
present DBE rules; listing administrative requirements; describing the 
goals for DBE participation; establishing certification standards and 
procedures; and discussing exemptions and waivers to the DBE rule); 
Contract Administration (particularly any changes in a given contract); 
Closeouts; and Disputes.
    FTA intends to publish a fourth edition of the BPPM early next 
year; that manual will be available through the FTA Office of 
Procurement, 400 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20590; it can also 
be downloaded through the FTA Web Page, www.fta.dot.gov.

    Dated: December 22, 1999.
Nuria I. Fernandez,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 99-33615 Filed 12-27-99; 8:45 am]
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