[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 87 (Monday, May 6, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 19847-19848]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-06627]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Chapter 1
[Docket No. FAR 2019-0001, Sequence No. 1]
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular
2019-02; Small Entity Compliance Guide
AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Small Entity Compliance Guide.
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SUMMARY: This document is issued under the joint authority of DoD, GSA,
and NASA. This Small Entity Compliance Guide has been prepared in
accordance with section 212 of the Small Business Regulatory
Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996. It consists of a summary of the rules
appearing in Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2019-02, which amends
the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). An asterisk (*) next to a
rule indicates that a regulatory flexibility analysis has been
prepared. Interested parties may obtain further information regarding
these rules by referring to FAC 2019-02, which precedes this document.
These documents are also available via the internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
DATES: May 6, 2019.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For clarification of content, contact
the analyst whose name appears in the table below. Please cite FAC
2019-02 and the FAR Case number. For information pertaining to status
or publication schedules, contact the Regulatory Secretariat Division
at 202-501-4755.
Rules Listed in FAC 2019-02
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Item Subject FAR Case Analyst
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I *.................................. Special Emergency Procurement 2017-009 Francis.
Authority.
II................................... Governmentwide and Other 2018-015 Delgado.
Interagency Contracts.
III.................................. Technical Amendments.
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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 2019-02 amends the FAR as follows:
Item I--Special Emergency Procurement Authority (FAR Case 2017-009)
This final rule amends the FAR to implement sections 816 and 1641
of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY)
2017 (Pub. L. 114-328). These sections of the NDAA allow for higher
micro-purchase and simplified acquisition thresholds for acquisitions
of supplies or services which support international disaster
assistance, response to an emergency or major disaster, or defense
against or recovery from a cyber attack.
Item II--Governmentwide and Other Interagency Contracts (FAR Case 2018-
015)
DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the FAR to
implement section 875 of the John S. McCain NDAA for FY 2019. This
section removes the requirement for agencies to make a determination
that the use of an interagency acquisition represents the best
procurement approach. This final rule only removes a requirement for
agencies to make a specific determination prior to utilizing a certain
contracting method. The removal of this requirement only affects the
internal operating procedures of the Government and has no impact on
contractors.
Item III--Technical Amendments
Editorial changes are made at FAR 1.105-3, 1.201-1, 2.101, 3.103-2,
3.104-3, 3.301, 3.303, 3.405, 3.501-2, 3.502-1, 3.502-2, 3.8, 3.901,
3.907-7, subpart 4.1, 4.102, 4.201, 4.202, 4.402, 4.403, 4.404, 4.604,
4.607, 4.703, 4.801, 4.803, 4.804-1, 4.804-4, 4.804-5, 4.805, 4.1005-2,
4.1200, subpart 4.15, 4.1801, 5.207, 5.404-1, 5.501, 5.504, 5.601,
5.705, 6.001, 6.102, 6.202, 6.301, 6.302-1, 6.302-2, 6.302-3, 6.302-5,
6.303-1, 6.303-2, 6.304, 6.401, 6.501, 7.102, 7.103, 7.105, 7.106,
7.107-5, 7.202, 7.203, 7.503, 8.005, 8.402, 8.405-6, 8.701, 8.703,
8.705-2, 8.714, 8.802, 8.1101, 8.1104, 9.102, 9.104-1, 9.104-7, 9.105-
1, 9.107, 9.202, 9.204, 9.305, 9.306, 9.308-1, 9.401, 9.403, 9.406-1,
9.406-2, 9.406-3, 9.406-4, 9.407-1, 9.407-2, 9.407-3, 9.502, 9.505,
9.505-1, 9.505-2, 9.505-4, 9.507-1, 9.507-2, 9.508, 9.602, 11.102,
11.201, 11.604, 16.505, 17.703, 19.702, 22.1008-1, 26.205, 30.102,
31.101, 31.205-46, 45.602-3, 50.101-1, 52.212-5 and 53.107.
Dated: March 19, 2019.
William F. Clark,
Director, Office of Government-wide Acquisition Policy, Office of
Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy.
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