[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 167 (Thursday, August 27, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 53134-53135]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-18773]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

48 CFR Chapter 1

[Docket No. FAR-2020-0051, Sequence No. 5]


Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 
2020-09; 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 rule 
appearing in Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2020-09, 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 
this rule by referring to FAC 2020-09, which precedes this document. 
These documents are also available via the internet at https://www.regulations.gov.

DATES: August 27, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: [email protected] or call 202-969-
4075. Please cite FAC 2020-09, FAR case 2019-009.

                       Rule Listed in FAC 2020-09
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                        Subject                              FAR case
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* Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Using               2019-009
 Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance
 Services or Equipment.................................
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ADDRESSES: The FAC, including the SECG, is available via the internet 
at https://www.regulations.gov.

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 summary. FAC 
2020-09 amends the FAR as follows:

Prohibition on Contracting With Entities Using Certain 
Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (FAR 
Case 2019-009)

    This second interim rule amends the Federal Acquisition Regulation 
to implement section 889(a)(1)(B) of the John S. McCain National 
Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 (Pub. L. 
115-232). The first interim rule was published July 14, 2020.
    This rule reduces the information collection burden imposed on the 
public by making updates to the System for Award Management (SAM) to 
allow an offeror to represent annually, after conducting a reasonable 
inquiry, whether it uses covered telecommunications equipment or 
services, or any equipment, system, or service that uses covered 
telecommunications equipment or services. The burden to the public is 
reduced by allowing an offeror that responds ``does not'' in the annual 
representation at 52.204-26, Covered Telecommunications Equipment or 
Services--Representation, or in paragraph (v)(2)(ii) of 52.212-3, 
Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial Items, to skip 
the offer-by-offer representation for paragraph (d)(2) within the 
provision at 52.204-24, Representation Regarding Certain 
Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment. The 
provision at 52.204-26 requires that offerors review SAM prior to 
completing their required representations.
    This rule applies to all acquisitions, including acquisitions at or 
below the simplified acquisition threshold and to acquisitions of 
commercial items, including commercially available off-the-shelf items. 
It may have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of 
small entities.

William F. Clark,
Director, Office of Government-wide Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2020-18773 Filed 8-26-20; 8:45 am]
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