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Department of Defense

General Services Administration

National Aeronautics and Space Administration





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48 CFR Chapter 1



Federal Acquisition Regulations; Final Rules

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

48 CFR Chapter 1


Federal Acquisition Circular 2001-11; Introduction

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

ACTION: Summary presentation of final and interim rules.

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SUMMARY: This document summarizes the Federal Acquisition Regulation 
(FAR) rules agreed to by the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and 
the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council in this Federal Acquisition 
Circular (FAC) 2001-11. A companion document, the Small Entity 
Compliance Guide (SECG), follows this FAC. The FAC, including the SECG, 
is available via the Internet at http://www.arnet.gov/far.

DATES: For effective dates and comment dates, see separate documents 
which follow.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The FAR Secretariat, Room 4035, GS 
Building, Washington, DC 20405, (202) 501-4755, for information 
pertaining to status or publication schedules. For clarification of 
content, contact the analyst whose name appears in the table below in 
relation to each FAR case or subject area. Please cite FAC 2001-11 and 
specific FAR case number(s). Interested parties may also visit our Web 
site at http://www.arnet.gov/far.

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            Item                  Subject        FAR case      Analyst
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I...........................  Special             2002-028  Moss
                               Simplified
                               Procedures For
                               Purchases of
                               Commercial
                               Items in
                               Excess of the
                               Simplified
                               Acquisition
                               Threshold.
II..........................  Section 508         2002-012  Nelson.
                               Micro-purchase
                               Exception
                               Sunset
                               Provision.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Summaries for each FAR rule follow. For the 
actual revisions and/or amendments to these FAR cases, refer to the 
specific item number and subject set forth in the documents following 
these item summaries.
    FAC 2001-11 amends the FAR as specified below:

Item I--Special Simplified Procedures for Purchases of Commercial Items 
in Excess of the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (FAR Case 2002-028)

    This final rule amends FAR Subpart 13.5 to extend the expiration 
date of the test of special simplified procedures for purchases of 
commercial items greater than the simplified acquisition threshold but 
not exceeding $5,000,000 to January 1, 2004. This change implements 
Section 812 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2003 (Pub. L. 107-314). Section 812 amended Section 4202(e) of the 
Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (Divisions D and E of Public Law 104-106; 110 
Stat. 654; 10 U.S.C. 2304 note).

Item II--Section 508 Micro-Purchase Exception Sunset Provision (FAR 
Case 2002-012)

    This interim rule extends the Electronic and Information Technology 
(Section 508) micro-purchase exception to October 1, 2004. This rule is 
of special interest to contracting officers and other individuals 
designated in accordance with FAR 1.603-3.

    Dated: December 20, 2002.
Jeremy F. Olson,
Acting Director, Acquisition Policy Division.

Federal Acquisition Circular

    Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2001-11 is issued under the 
authority of the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of General 
Services, and the Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration.
    Unless otherwise specified, all Federal Acquisition Regulation 
(FAR) and other directive material contained in FAC 2001-11 are 
effective January 1, 2003.

    Dated: December 20, 2002.

Deidre A. Lee,
Director, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy.

    Dated: December 19, 2002.

David A. Drabkin,
Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Acquisition Policy, General 
Services Administration.

    Dated: December 19, 2002.

Tom Luedtke,
Assistant Administrator for Procurement, National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration.

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