[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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