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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
[Docket No. FAR 2018-0001, Sequence No. 5]
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Federal Acquisition Circular
2005-101; Introduction
AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Summary presentation of final 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 (Councils) in this Federal
Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-101. A companion document, the Small
Entity Compliance Guide (SECG), follows this FAC.
DATES: For effective dates see the separate documents, which follow.
ADDRESSES: The FAC, including the SECG, is available via the internet
at http://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The analyst whose name appears in the
table below in relation to the FAR case. Please cite FAC 2005-101 and
the specific FAR case number. For information pertaining to status or
publication schedules, contact the Regulatory Secretariat Division at
202-501-4755.
Rules Listed in FAC 2005-101
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Item Subject FAR case Analyst
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I..................................... System for Award Management 2015-005 C. Glover.
Registration.
II.................................... One Dollar Coins............ 2018-009 C. Glover.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Summaries for each FAR rule follow. For the
actual revisions and/or amendments made by these rules, refer to the
specific item numbers and subjects set forth in the documents following
these item summaries. FAC 2005-101 amends the FAR as follows:
Item I--System for Award Management Registration (FAR Case 2015-005)
This final rule updates the instructions for registration in the
System for Award Management (SAM) and corrects an inconsistency
involving the timing of registration. In order to correct this
inconsistency, the final rule amends FAR 4.1102, 4.1103, and 52.204-7
to require (with some exceptions) offeror registration in SAM prior to
submission of an offer.
In addition, the rule requires contracting officers to use the name
and physical address from the contractor's SAM registration for the
provided ``unique entity identifier''; removes the term ``division
name'' from the FAR text at FAR 4.1102 and clause 52.204-13; and
changes the referenced website ``acquisition.gov'' to ``sam.gov'' to be
consistent with the rest of the FAR. It is not anticipated that the
rule will have a significant economic impact on small entities, because
the rule only clarifies that offerors must be registered in SAM prior
to submission of an offer, which is already necessary in order to
submit the required annual representations and certifications with the
offer.
Item II--One Dollar Coins (FAR Case 2018-009)
This final rule amends the FAR to implement section 885 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Pub. L. 115-
91). Section 885 amends 31 U.S.C. 5112(p) to provide an exception for
business operations conducted by an entity under a Government contract
from the requirements to accept and dispense $1 coins.
Contracting officers will no longer have to insert FAR clause
52.237-11, Accepting and Dispensing of $1 Coin, into solicitations and
contracts.
Contractors providing services under Government contracts that
involve business operations conducted in U.S. coins and currency will
no longer be required to accept $1 coins.
The Regulatory Flexibility Act does not apply to this rule, because
this final rule does not constitute a significant FAR revision within
the meaning of FAR 1.501-1, and 41 U.S.C. 1707 does not require
publication for public comment.
Dated: September 17, 2018.
William F. Clark,
Director, Office of Government-wide Acquisition Policy, Office of
Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy.
Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-101 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 2005-101 is
effective September 26, 2018 except for items I and II, which are
effective October 26, 2018.
Dated: September 18, 2018.
Linda W. Neilson,
Director, Defense Acquisition Regulations System.
Dated: September 18, 2018.
Jeffrey A. Koses,
Senior Procurement Executive/Deputy CAO, Office of Acquisition
Policy, U.S. General Services Administration.
Dated: September 18, 2018.
William G. Roets, II,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Procurement National
Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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