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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Chapter 1
[Docket FAR 2011-0077, Sequence 3]
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular
2005-51; 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 DOD, GSA,
and NASA. This Small Entity Compliance Guide has been prepared in
accordance with section 212 of the Small Business Regulatory
Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996. It consists of a summary of rules
appearing in Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-51, which amend
the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). An asterisk (*) next to a
rule indicates that a regulatory flexibility analysis has been
prepared. Interested parties may obtain further information regarding
these rules by referring to FAC 2005-51, which precedes this document.
These documents are also available via the Internet at http://
www.regulations.gov.
DATES: For effective dates see separate documents, which follow.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The analyst whose name appears in the
table below. Please cite FAC 2005-51 and the specific FAR case number.
For information pertaining to status or publication schedules, contact
the Regulatory Secretariat at (202) 501-4755.
List of Rules in FAC 2005-51
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Item Subject FAR case Analyst
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*I.................................... Women-Owned Small 2010-015 Morgan.
Business Program
(Interim) (WOSB).
II.................................... Clarification of Standard 2009-029 Jackson.
Form 26--Award/Contract.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Summaries for each FAR rule follow. For the
actual revisions and/or amendments made by these FAR cases, refer to
the specific item numbers and subject set forth in the documents
following these item summaries. FAC 2005-51 amends the FAR as specified
below:
Item I--Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program (FAR Case 2010-015)
(Interim)
This interim rule amends the FAR to add subpart 19.15, Women-Owned
Small Business Program, which will assist Federal agencies in achieving
the 5 percent statutory goal for contracting with women-owned small
business (WOSB) concerns.
Agencies may restrict competition to economically disadvantaged
women-owned small business (EDWOSB) concerns for contracts assigned a
North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) code in an
industry in which the Small Business Administration has determined that
WOSB concerns are underrepresented in Federal procurement. For NAICS
code industries where WOSB concerns are not just underrepresented, but
substantially underrepresented, agencies may restrict competition to
WOSB concerns eligible under the WOSB Program.
EDWOSB concerns and WOSB concerns eligible under the WOSB Program
must be owned and controlled by one or more women who are citizens of
the United States. An EDWOSB concern is automatically a WOSB concern
eligible under the WOSB Program.
Item II--Clarification of Standard Form 26--Award/Contract (FAR Case
2009-029)
This final rule amends the FAR to revise FAR part 53 to amend the
Standard Form (SF) 26, Award/Contract, above blocks 17 and 18 and in
block 18 to clarify that block 18 should not be used when awarding a
negotiated procurement and should only be checked when awarding a
sealed bid contract. The changes will not prevent contracting officers
from using block 17 of the SF 26 when awarding negotiated procurements
in which the signature of both parties, on a single document, is
required; it will only prohibit them from using block 18 of the SF 26
when awarding negotiated procurements.
Dated: March 24, 2011.
Millisa Gary,
Acting Director, Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy.
[FR Doc. 2011-7370 Filed 3-31-11; 8:45 am]
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