[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 152 (Wednesday, August 7, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 38839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-16408]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Chapter 1
[Docket No. FAR 2019-0002, Sequence No. 3]
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular
2019-04; 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) 2019-04, 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 2019-04, which precedes this document.
These documents are also available via the internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
DATES: August 7, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For clarification of content, contact
the analyst whose name appears in the table below. Please cite FAC
2019-04 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 2019-04
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Item Subject FAR case Analyst
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I *................................. Ombudsman for Indefinite- 2017-020 Jackson.
Delivery Contracts.
II.................................. 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 2019-04 amends the FAR as follows:
Item I--Ombudsman for Indefinite-Delivery Contracts (FAR Case 2017-020)
DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal
Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement a new clause for use in
multiple-award indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts
that identifies the agency task-order and delivery-order ombudsman's
responsibilities and contact information. This rule implements a
standardized method to provide the requisite information to contractors
via a single contract clause for use by all agencies. This rule intends
to minimize the impact on contractors resulting from the variety of
ways in which task-order and delivery-order ombudsman information is
communicated by agencies.
Item II--Technical Amendments
Editorial changes are made at FAR 1.201-1 and 52.246-21.
Janet M. Fry,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of Government-
wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2019-16408 Filed 8-6-19; 8:45 am]
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