[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 8, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 53756-53757]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16662]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

48 CFR Chapter 1

[Docket No. FAR-2023-0051, Sequence No. 4]


Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 
2023-05; 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 (SECG).

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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

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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) 2023-05, which amends 
the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). Interested parties may obtain 
further information regarding these rules by referring to FAC 2023-05, 
which precedes this document.

DATES: August 8, 2023.

ADDRESSES: The FAC, including the SECG, is available at https://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For clarification of content, contact 
the analyst whose name appears in the table below. Please cite FAC 
2023-05 and the FAR Case number. For information pertaining to status 
or publication schedules, contact the Regulatory Secretariat Division 
at 202-501-4755 or [email protected]. An asterisk (*) next to a rule 
indicates that a regulatory flexibility analysis has been prepared.

                                           Rules Listed in FAC 2023-05
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                  Item                             Subject              FAR case               Analyst
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*I.....................................  Use of Acquisition 360 to         2017-014  Delgado.
                                          Encourage Vendor Feedback.
II.....................................  Small Disadvantaged               2023-004  Moore.
                                          Business Threshold.
III....................................  Update to ASSIST Database         2022-008  Moore.
                                          References.
IV.....................................  Technical Amendments......
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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 2023-05 amends the FAR as follows:

Item I--Use of Acquisition 360 To Encourage Vendor Feedback (FAR Case 
2017-014)

    This final rule amends the FAR to implement the Acquisition 360 
Survey tool, a voluntary online survey to elicit industry feedback on 
the preaward and debriefing processes in a consistent and standardized 
manner. Contracting officers may insert the provision into 
solicitations in accordance with agency procedures. However, because it 
is voluntary, the impact on offerors or contractors is expected to be 
minimal.

Item II--Small Disadvantaged Business Threshold (FAR Case 2023-004)

    This final rule amends the FAR to update the net worth threshold 
for the owners of small disadvantaged business concerns to align with 
SBA's regulations, and updates obsolete FAR citations to certain SBA 
regulations.

Item III--Update to ASSIST Database References (FAR Case 2022-008)

    This final rule amends the FAR to update obsolete contact 
information, web addresses, and office titles necessary to obtain 
Federal and Defense specifications and standards from the DoD 
Acquisition Streamlining and Standardization Information System 
(ASSIST) website or, for Defense documents not available in ASSIST, 
from the Defense Standardization Program Office. These updates will 
ensure offerors have the most current information with which to obtain 
both Federal and Defense specifications and standards that are 
referenced in an agency's solicitation. The final rule will not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities 
because it simply updates contact information, web addresses and office 
titles in existing regulations.

Item IV--Technical Amendments

    Administrative change is made at FAR 52.212-3.

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