[Federal Register: October 20, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 202)]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Chapter 1
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Small Entity Compliance Guide
AGENCIES: 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 the
Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of General Services and the
Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
This Small Entity Compliance Guide has been prepared in accordance with
Section 212 of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act
of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-121). It consists of a summary of rules appearing
in Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2001-17 which amends the FAR. An
asterisk (*) next to a rule indicates that a regulatory flexibility
analysis has been prepared in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 604. Interested
parties may obtain further information regarding these rules by
referring to FAC 2001-17, which precedes this document. These documents
are also 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurie Duarte, FAR Secretariat, (202)
501-4225. For clarification of content, contact Ms. Rhonda Cundiff,
Procurement Analyst, General Services Administration, at (202) 501-
0044.
* Contract Bundling (FAR Case 2002-029)
This final rule implements the Office of Management and Budget's
October 2002 report, entitled ``Contract Bundling: A Strategy for
Increasing Federal Contracting Opportunities for Small Business'' which
requires amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to
implement the following action items: (1) Revise the definition of
bundling to expressly include multiple award contract vehicles and task
and delivery orders under such contracts; (2) require procuring
activities to coordinate with their small business specialist (SBS)
proposed acquisition strategies or plans contemplating awards above
specified dollar thresholds and require the SBS to notify the agency
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Utilization (OSDBU) when those
strategies include unnecessary and unjustified contract bundling; (3)
reduce the threshold and revise the documentation required for
substantial bundling; and (4) require agency OSDBUs to perform periodic
oversight reviews of agency bundling activities. To implement the
action items, this final rule amends FAR Parts 2, 7, 8, 10, 16, 19, and
42.
Dated: October 16, 2003.
Laura Auletta,
Director, Acquisition Policy Division.
[FR Doc. 03-26464 Filed 10-17-03; 8:45 am]