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Vol. 86
Thursday,
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November 4, 2021
Part III
Department of Defense
General Services Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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48 CFR Chapter 1
Federal Acquisition Regulations; Final Rules
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 211 / Thursday, November 4, 2021 /
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Chapter 1
[Docket No. FAR-2021-0051, Sequence No. 5]
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular
2022-01; Introduction
AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Summary presentation of final rules.
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SUMMARY: This document summarizes the Federal Acquisition Regulation
(FAR) rules agreed to by the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and
the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) in this Federal
Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2022-01. A companion document, the Small
Entity Compliance Guide (SECG), follows this FAC.
DATES: For effective dates see the separate documents, which follow.
ADDRESSES: The FAC, including the SECG, is available via the internet
at https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The analyst whose name appears in the
table below in relation to the FAR case. For information pertaining to
status or publication schedules, contact the Regulatory Secretariat
Division at 202-501-4755 or [email protected].
Rules Listed in FAC 2022-01
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Item Subject FAR case Analyst
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I................................ Revision of Definition of 2018-018 Delgado.
``Commercial Item''.
II............................... Consolidation and 2019-003 Bowman.
Substantial Bundling.
III.............................. Maximum Award Price for 2021-007 Jackson.
Certain Sole Source
Manufacturing Contracts.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Summaries for each FAR rule follow. For the
actual revisions and/or amendments made by these FAR rules, refer to
the specific item numbers and subjects set forth in the documents
following these item summaries. FAC 2022-01 amends the FAR as follows:
Item I--Revision of Definition of ``Commercial Item'' (FAR Case 2018-
018)
This final rule removes the definition of ``commercial item'' and
replaces it with the definitions of ``commercial product'' and
``commercial service''. The rule makes numerous conforming changes
throughout the FAR. The rule implements section 836 of the John S.
McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Pub. L.
115-232). This final rule will not have a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small entities.
Item II--Consolidation and Substantial Bundling (FAR Case 2019-003)
This final rule amends the FAR to implement section 863 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, as implemented
in the Small Business Administration (SBA) final rule published at 84
FR 65647 on November 29, 2019. Section 863 requires publication of
public notices of determinations for consolidation and substantial
bundling of contract requirements. Specifically, section 863 requires
the head of an agency to publish a notice on a public website within 7
days of making the determination that an acquisition plan involves a
substantial bundling of contract requirements. Section 863 also
requires the Senior Procurement Executive or Chief Acquisition Officer
to publish a notice on a public website that consolidation of contract
requirements is necessary and justified. In both cases, the agency may
not issue the solicitation any earlier than 7 days after publication of
the notices. The agency must also publish the justification along with
the solicitation.
Item III--Maximum Award Price for Certain Sole Source Manufacturing
Contracts (FAR Case 2021-007)
This final rule amends the FAR to implement section 864 of the
William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2021 (Pub. L. 116-283, January 1, 2021). Section 864 amends
the Small Business Act to modify the maximum award price for
manufacturing contracts to $7 million for 8(a) program participants,
Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) program participants, Historically
Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) small business concerns, and
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) concerns.
William F. Clark,
Director, Office of Government-wide Acquisition Policy, Office of
Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy.
Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2022-01 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 2022-01 is
effective November 4, 2021 except for Items I through III, which are
effective December 6, 2021.
John M. Tenaglia,
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.
Karla Smith Jackson,
Assistant Administrator for Procurement, National Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
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