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General Services Administration





National Aeronautics and Space Administration





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48 CFR Chapter 1





Federal Acquisition Regulations; Interim and Final Rules

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

48 CFR Chapter 1

[Docket No. FAR-2024-0051, Sequence No. 1]


Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 
2024-03; Introduction

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

ACTION: Summary presentation of an interim and final rule.

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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) 2024-03. 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 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 2024-03
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                  Item                               Subject                FAR case             Analyst
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I......................................  Certification of Service-             2022-009  Moore.
                                          Disabled Veteran-Owned Small
                                          Businesses.
II.....................................  Trade Agreements Thresholds...        2023-012  Jackson.
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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 summaries. FAC 2024-03 amends the FAR as follows:

Item I--Certification of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small 
Businesses (FAR Case 2022-009)

    This interim rule amends the Federal Acquisition Regulation to 
implement the Governmentwide certification requirement for service-
disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) concerns seeking sole-
source and set-aside awards under the SDVOSB Program. Beginning January 
1, 2024, SDVOSB concerns must either be certified by the Small Business 
Administration (SBA), or have both submitted an application for 
certification to SBA on or before December 31, 2023, and represented 
that it is an SDVOSB in the System for Award Management (SAM), in order 
to be eligible for sole-source or set-aside awards under the SDVOSB 
Program. This rule also requires that an SDVOSB concern update its 
status in the System for Award Management no later than two days after 
the date of a final determination that the concern does not meet the 
requirements of the status the concern claims to hold, and provides new 
SDVOSB protest and appeal procedures. The interim rule will not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities 
because the rule simply implements the requirements of SBA's 
regulations and does not impose any additional compliance burden on 
entities.

Item II--Trade Agreements Thresholds (FAR Case 2023-012)

    This final rule amends the FAR to adjust the thresholds for 
application of the World Trade Organization Government Procurement 
Agreement and the Free Trade Agreements as determined by the United 
States Trade Representative, according to predetermined formulae under 
the agreements.

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

    Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2024-03 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 2024-03 is 
effective February 23, 2024.

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, Senior Procurement 
Executive/Deputy CAO, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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