[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 128 (Thursday, July 5, 2007)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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Part V





Department of Defense

General Services Administration

National Aeronautics and Space Administration





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48 CFR Chapter 1, Parts 4, 17, et al.



 Federal Acquisition Regulations; Interim Rules and Small Entity 
Compliance Guide

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

48 CFR Chapter 1

[Docket FAR-2007-002, Sequence 3]


Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 
2005-18; Introduction

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

ACTION: Summary presentation of interim rule.

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SUMMARY: This document summarizes the Federal Acquisition Regulation 
(FAR) rule agreed to by the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the 
Defense Acquisition Regulations Council in this Federal Acquisition 
Circular (FAC) 2005-18. 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.regulations.gov/.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For clarification of content, contact 
the analyst whose name appears in the table below in relation to the 
FAR case. Please cite FAC 2005-18 FAR Case 2006-032. Interested parties 
may also visit our website at http://www.regulations.gov. For 
information pertaining to status or publication schedules, contact the 
FAR Secretariat at (202) 501-4755.

                                           Rule listed in FAC 2005-18
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      Item                          Subject                             FAR case                 Analyst
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I..............  Small Business Size Rerepresentation.........  2006-032                 Cundiff.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A summary of the FAR rule follows. For the 
actual revisions and/or amendments to this FAR case, refer to FAR Case 
2006-032. FAC 2005-18 amends the FAR as specified below:

Item I--Small Business Size Rerepresentation (FAR Case 2006-032)

    This interim rule amends the FAR to implement the Small Business 
Administration's (SBA) final rule published on November 15, 2006 (71 FR 
66434), entitled ``Small Business Size Regulations; Size for Purposes 
of Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts, Multiple Award Schedule 
Contracts and Other Long-Term Contracts; 8(a) Business Development/
Small Disadvantaged Business; Business Status Determinations.'' The 
purpose of the SBA rule and this FAR rule is to improve the accuracy of 
small business size status reporting, at the prime contract level, over 
the life of certain contracts (long-term contracts, contracts involving 
novations, acquisitions, and mergers). Contractors will be required to 
rerepresent their size status on contracts prior to the end of the 
fifth year of a contract that is more than five years in duration 
(long-term contract); prior to exercising any option thereafter; 
following execution of a novation agreement; or following a merger or 
acquisition of the contractor, regardless of whether there is a 
novation agreement. A change in the size status does not change the 
terms and conditions of the contract, but the agency may no longer 
include the value of options exercised or orders issued against the 
contract in its small business prime contracting goal achievements.

    Dated: June 29, 2007.
Michael Jackson,
Acting Director, Contract Policy Division.

Federal Acquisition Circular

    Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-18 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 2005-18 is 
effective June 30, 2007.

    Dated: June 27, 2007.
Shay D. Assad,
Director, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy.

    Dated: June 28, 2007.
George Barclay,
Acting Senior Procurement Executive, General Services Administration.

    Dated: June 27, 2007.
Kenneth A. Sateriale,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Procurement, National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration.
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