[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 226 (Friday, November 22, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-24963]



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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-2019-0001, Sequence No. 7]


Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 
2020-02; Introduction

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

ACTION: Summary presentation of a final 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 (Councils) in this Federal 
Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2020-02. 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 date see the separate document, which follows.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Marilyn E. Chambers, Procurement 
Analyst, at 202-285-7380 or [email protected] for clarification 
of content. For information pertaining to status or publication 
schedules, contact the Regulatory Secretariat Division at 202-501-4755. 
Please cite FAC 2020-02, FAR Case 2013-002.

                       Rule Listed in FAC 2020-02
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             Subject                 FAR Case             Analyst
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Reporting of Noncomforming Items        2013-002  Chambers.
 to the Government-Industry Data
 Exchange Program.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A summary for the FAR rule follows. For the 
actual revisions and/or amendments made by this FAR case, refer to the 
specific subject set forth in the document following this item summary. 
FAC 2020-02 amends the FAR as follows:

Reporting of Nonconforming Items to the Government-Industry Data 
Exchange Program (FAR Case 2013-002)

    This final rule amends the FAR to require contractors and 
subcontractors to report to the Government-Industry Data Exchange 
Program (GIDEP) certain counterfeit or suspect counterfeit parts and 
certain major or critical nonconformances. This change implements 
sections 818(c)(4) and (c)(5) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2012, which require DoD contractors and subcontractors 
to report counterfeit or suspect counterfeit electronic parts purchased 
by or for DoD to GIDEP. In addition, the FAR Council extended coverage 
of the proposed rule by policy to cover other Government agencies, 
other types of parts, and other types of nonconformance. In response to 
public comments, this final rule has more limited scope than the 
proposed rule, exempting contracts and subcontracts for commercial 
items and limiting the clause application to acquisitions of items that 
require higher level quality standards, critical items, or electronic 
parts by or for DoD.

William F. Clark,
Director, Office of Government-wide Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy.

    Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2020-02 is issued under the 
authority of the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of General 
Services, and the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration.
    Unless otherwise specified, all Federal Acquisition Regulation 
(FAR) and other directive material contained in FAC 2020-02 is 
effective November 22, 2019 except for FAR Case 2013-002, which is 
effective December 23, 2019.

Kim Herrington,

Acting Principal Director, Defense Pricing and Contracting, 
Department of Defense. 

Jeffrey A. Koses,

Senior Procurement Executive/Deputy CAO, Office of Acquisition 
Policy, U.S. General Services Administration.

William G. Roets, II,

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Procurement, National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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