[Federal Register: December 31, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 251)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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Part V
Department of Defense
General Services Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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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
Federal Acquisition Circular 2001-11; Introduction
AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Summary presentation of final and interim 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 in this Federal Acquisition
Circular (FAC) 2001-11. A companion document, the Small Entity
Compliance Guide (SECG), follows this FAC. The FAC, including the SECG,
is available via the Internet at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.arnet.gov/far.
DATES: For effective dates and comment dates, see separate documents
which follow.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The FAR Secretariat, Room 4035, GS
Building, Washington, DC 20405, (202) 501-4755, for information
pertaining to status or publication schedules. For clarification of
content, contact the analyst whose name appears in the table below in
relation to each FAR case or subject area. Please cite FAC 2001-11 and
specific FAR case number(s). Interested parties may also visit our Web
site at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.arnet.gov/far.
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Item Subject FAR case Analyst
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I........................... Special 2002-028 Moss
Simplified
Procedures For
Purchases of
Commercial
Items in
Excess of the
Simplified
Acquisition
Threshold.
II.......................... Section 508 2002-012 Nelson.
Micro-purchase
Exception
Sunset
Provision.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Summaries for each FAR rule follow. For the
actual revisions and/or amendments to these FAR cases, refer to the
specific item number and subject set forth in the documents following
these item summaries.
FAC 2001-11 amends the FAR as specified below:
Item I--Special Simplified Procedures for Purchases of Commercial Items
in Excess of the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (FAR Case 2002-028)
This final rule amends FAR Subpart 13.5 to extend the expiration
date of the test of special simplified procedures for purchases of
commercial items greater than the simplified acquisition threshold but
not exceeding $5,000,000 to January 1, 2004. This change implements
Section 812 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2003 (Pub. L. 107-314). Section 812 amended Section 4202(e) of the
Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (Divisions D and E of Public Law 104-106; 110
Stat. 654; 10 U.S.C. 2304 note).
Item II--Section 508 Micro-Purchase Exception Sunset Provision (FAR
Case 2002-012)
This interim rule extends the Electronic and Information Technology
(Section 508) micro-purchase exception to October 1, 2004. This rule is
of special interest to contracting officers and other individuals
designated in accordance with FAR 1.603-3.
Dated: December 20, 2002.
Jeremy F. Olson,
Acting Director, Acquisition Policy Division.
Federal Acquisition Circular
Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2001-11 is issued under the
authority of the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of General
Services, and the Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration.
Unless otherwise specified, all Federal Acquisition Regulation
(FAR) and other directive material contained in FAC 2001-11 are
effective January 1, 2003.
Dated: December 20, 2002.
Deidre A. Lee,
Director, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy.
Dated: December 19, 2002.
David A. Drabkin,
Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Acquisition Policy, General
Services Administration.
Dated: December 19, 2002.
Tom Luedtke,
Assistant Administrator for Procurement, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-32741 Filed 12-30-02; 8:45 am]