[Federal Register: April 11, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 68)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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Part IV
Department of Defense
General Services Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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48 CFR Chapter 1, et al.
Federal Acquisition Regulations; Final and Interim Rules
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Chapter 1
Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-03; 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) 2005-03. 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.acqnet.gov/far.
DATES: For effective dates and comment dates, see separate documents
which follow.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The FAR Secretariat, at (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 2005-03 and specific FAR case numbers. 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.acqnet.gov/far.
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Item Subject FAR case Analyst
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I.............. Purchases From Federal Prison Industries-- 2003-023 Nelson.
Requirement for Market Research (Interim).
II............. Section 508 Micropurchase Exemption.......... 2004-020 Nelson.
III............ Technical Amendments.........................
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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 2005-03 amends the FAR as specified below:
Item I--Purchases From Federal Prison Industries--Requirement for
Market Research (FAR Case 2003-023) (Interim)
This interim rule updates and clarifies procedures for purchase of
items from Federal Prison Industries (FPI). The changes include--
Establishment of a permanent requirement for market
research and a comparability determination before purchasing an item of
supply listed in the FPI Schedule. For civilian agencies, this
requirement previously applied only to purchases made using fiscal year
2004 appropriated funds. Section 637 of Division H of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2005, made this requirement permanent for all
Federal agencies.
Clarification that, if a solicitation is available through
the Governmentwide point of entry (FedBizOpps), it is not necessary to
provide a separate copy of the solicitation to FPI.
Clarification that, if an agency determines that an FPI
item provides the best value to the Government as a result of FPI's
response to a competitive solicitation, the agency must purchase the
item from FPI using the ordering procedures at FPI's website.
Item II--Section 508 Micropurchase Exemption (FAR Case 2004-020)
The interim rule published on October 5, 2004, is converted to a
final rule without change. This rule extends the Electronic and
Information Technology (Section 508) micropurchase exception to April
1, 2005. This rule is of special interest to contracting officers and
other individuals designated in accordance with FAR 1.603-3. All
micropurchases made on and after April 1, 2005, must comply with the
requirements of Section 508. Micropurchases are subject to the same
exemption provision as larger dollar buys, as articulated in FAR
39.204.
Item III--Technical Amendments
Editorial changes are made at FAR 52.212-5, 52.213-4, 52.219-18,
and 52.225-13, in order to update references.
Dated: April 1, 2005.
Rodney P. Lantier,
Director, Contract Policy Division, General Services Administration.
Federal Acquisition Circular
Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-03 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 2005-03 is
effective April 11, 2005.
Dated: March 30, 2005.
Deidre A. Lee,
Director, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy.
Dated: March 25, 2005.
David A. Drabkin,
Senior Procurement Executive, Office of the Chief Acquisition Officer,
General Services Administration.
Dated: March 23, 2005.
Tom Luedtke,
Assistant Administrator for Procurement, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration.
[FR Doc. 05-6863 Filed 4-8-05; 8:45 am]