Title 48 published on 2015-12-04
The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to 48 CFR Part 52 after this date.
2017-01-18; vol. 82 # 11 - Wednesday, January 18, 2017 82 FR 5490 - Federal Acquisition Regulation: Sustainable Acquisition
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Proposed rule. Interested parties should submit written comments to the Regulatory Secretariat Division at one of the addresses shown below on or before March 20, 2017 to be considered in the formation of the final rule. 48 CFR Parts 2, 4, 7, 11, 23, 36, 39, 42, and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Executive Order, Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade, and the biobased product acquisition provisions of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (also known as the 2014 Farm Bill).
2017-01-13; vol. 82 # 9 - Friday, January 13, 2017 82 FR 4709 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Uniform Use of Line Items
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule. Effective: January 13, 2017. In order to provide agencies with time to transition their information systems, agencies have until October 1, 2019, to apply the requirements of FAR 4.1002 through 4.1008 of subpart 4.10. 48 CFR Parts 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 27, 32, 42, 48, 49, and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to establish uniform use of line items in Federal procurement.
82 FR 4717 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Contractor Employee Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule. Effective: January 19, 2017. Applicability: This rule applies to all solicitations and contracts, using fiscal year 2015 or subsequent fiscal year funds that do not already contain a comparable provision/clause. 48 CFR Parts 3, 4, and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement a section of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, that prohibits the use of funds, appropriated or otherwise made available, for a contract with an entity that requires employees or subcontractors to sign an internal confidentiality agreement that restricts such employees or subcontractors from lawfully reporting waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated Government representative authorized to receive such information.
82 FR 4724 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Contracts Under the Small Business Administration 8(a) Program
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule. Effective: January 13, 2017. 48 CFR Parts 5, 6, 18, 19 and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement regulatory clarifications made by the Small Business Administration regarding the 8(a) program.
2016-12-20; vol. 81 # 244 - Tuesday, December 20, 2016 81 FR 93476 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Privacy Training
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule. Effective: January 19, 2017. 48 CFR parts 1, 24, and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to require that contractors, whose employees have access to a system of records or handle personally identifiable information, complete privacy training.
81 FR 93481 - Federal Acquisition Regulations; Payment of Subcontractors
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule. Effective: January 19, 2017. 48 CFR Parts 1, 19, 42, and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement a section of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010. This statute requires contractors to notify the contracting officer, in writing, if the contractor pays a reduced price to a small business subcontractor or if the contractor's payment to a small business subcontractor is more than 90 days past due.
2016-12-16; vol. 81 # 242 - Friday, December 16, 2016 81 FR 91627 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Interim rule. Effective: January 1, 2017. Applicability: • This rule applies to solicitations issued on or after January 1, 2017, and resultant contracts. • Applicability of the clause at 52.222-62, Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706, to existing contracts is as follows— (1) Contracting officers shall include the clause in bilateral modifications extending the contract when such modifications are individually or cumulatively longer than six months. (2) In accordance with FAR 1.108(d)(3), contracting officers are strongly encouraged to include the clause in existing indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity contracts, if the remaining ordering period extends at least six months and the amount of remaining work or number of orders expected is substantial. Comment date: Interested parties should submit written comments to the Regulatory Secretariat Division at one of the addresses shown below on or before February 14, 2017 to be considered in the formation of the final rule. 48 CFR Parts 1, 11, 22, and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement the Executive Order, Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors, and a final rule issued by the Department of Labor.
81 FR 91636 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces; Injunction
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule; injunction. Effective: December 16, 2016. Applicability Date: October 24, 2016. 48 CFR Parts 1, 4, 9, 17, 22, 42, and 52 Summary A final rule was published in the Federal Register on August 25, 2016 amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement the Executive Order (E.O.) on Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces. The E.O. was designed to promote contracting efficiency by improving compliance with basic labor standards during the performance of federal contracts. Implementation of portions of the E.O. was preliminarily enjoined by an order issued by a Federal District court on October 24, 2016. DoD, GSA, and NASA are amending sections of the FAR that are affected by the Court's preliminary injunction order.
2016-12-06; vol. 81 # 234 - Tuesday, December 6, 2016 81 FR 88072 - Federal Acquisition Regulation: Set-Asides Under Multiple-Award Contracts
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Proposed rule. Interested parties should submit written comments to the Regulatory Secretariat Division at one of the addresses shown below on or before February 6, 2017 to be considered in the formation of the final rule. 48 CFR Parts 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 16, 19, 42, and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement regulatory changes made by the Small Business Administration, which provide Government-wide policy for partial set-asides and reserves, and setting aside orders for small business concerns under multiple-award contracts.
2016-11-18; vol. 81 # 223 - Friday, November 18, 2016 81 FR 83092 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals—Representation
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule. Effective: December 19, 2016. 48 CFR Parts 1, 4, 23, and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to establish a representation for offerors to indicate if and where they publicly disclose greenhouse gas emissions and greenhouse gas reduction goals or targets.
81 FR 83097 - Federal Acquisition Regulation: Removal of Regulations Relating to Telegraphic Communication
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule. Effective: December 19, 2016. 48 CFR Parts 5, 14, 19, 22, 25, 28, 43, 47, 49, 52, and 53 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to delete the use of “telegram,” “telegraph,” and related terms. The objective is to delete references to obsolete technologies no longer in use and replace with references to electronic communications. In addition, conforming changes are made regarding expedited notices of termination and change orders.
81 FR 83103 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule. Effective: November 18, 2016. 48 CFR Parts 2, 7, 19, 34, 42, and 52 Summary This document makes amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) in order to make editorial changes.
2016-10-21; vol. 81 # 204 - Friday, October 21, 2016 81 FR 72738 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Contractors Performing Private Security Functions; Corrections
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule; correction. Effective: October 31, 2016. 48 CFR Part 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a correction to FAC 2005-91; FAR Case 2014-018; Contractors Performing Private Security Functions; (Item IX), which was published in the Federal Register at 81 FR 67776, on September 30, 2016. This correction corrects paragraph designations.
2016-10-17; vol. 81 # 200 - Monday, October 17, 2016 81 FR - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Unique Identification of Entities Receiving Federal Awards
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 48 CFR Parts 2, 4, 9, 12, 19, 52, and 53 Summary
2016-09-30; vol. 81 # 190 - Friday, September 30, 2016 81 FR 67728 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Prohibition on Contracting With Corporations With Delinquent Taxes or a Felony Conviction
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule. Effective: September 30, 2016. 48 CFR Parts 1, 4, 9, 12, and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA have adopted as final, without changes, an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement sections of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, to prohibit the Federal Government from entering into a contract with any corporation having a delinquent Federal tax liability or a felony conviction under any Federal law, unless the agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and has made a determination that this further action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government.
81 FR 67731 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Updating Federal Contractor Reporting of Veterans' Employment
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule. Effective: September 30, 2016. 48 CFR Parts 1, 22, and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are adopting as final, without change, an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement a final rule issued by the Department of Labor's (DOL) Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) that replaced the VETS-100 and VETS-100A Federal Contractor Veterans' Employment Report forms with the VETS-4212, Federal Contractor Veterans' Employment Report form.
81 FR 67732 - Federal Acquisition Regulation: Non-Retaliation for Disclosure of Compensation Information
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Interim rule. Effective: September 30, 2016. Applicability Date: This rule applies to solicitations and contracts issued on or after the effective date of the FAR rule. Contracting officers are expected to work with their existing contractors and bilaterally modify their contracts, to the extent feasible, to include the amended clause at FAR 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity. See FAR 1.108(d). Comment Date: Interested parties should submit written comments to the Regulatory Secretariat Division at one of the addresses shown below on or before November 29, 2016 to be considered in the formation of the final rule. 48 CFR Parts 1, 22, and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Executive Order (E.O.), entitled “Non-Retaliation for Disclosure of Compensation Information,” and a final rule issued by the Department of Labor.
81 FR 67735 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Sole Source Contracts for Women-Owned Small Businesses
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule. Effective: September 30, 2016. 48 CFR Parts 2, 4, 6, 18, 19, and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA have adopted as final, with a minor edit, an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement regulatory changes made by the Small Business Administration (SBA) that provide for authority to award sole source contracts to economically disadvantaged women-owned small business concerns and to women-owned small business concerns eligible under the Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program.
81 FR 67736 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Unique Identification of Entities Receiving Federal Awards
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule. Effective: October 31, 2016. 48 CFR Parts 2, 4, 9, 12, 19, 52, and 53 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to redesignate the terminology for unique identification of entities receiving Federal awards. The change to the FAR removes the proprietary standard or number.
81 FR 67763 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Consolidation and Bundling
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule. Effective: October 31, 2016. 48 CFR Parts 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 19, and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement sections of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 and regulatory changes made by the Small Business Administration, which provide for a Governmentwide policy on consolidation and bundling.
81 FR 67774 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; New Designated Countries—Ukraine and Moldova
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule. Effective: October 31, 2016. 48 CFR Parts 22, 25, and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to add Ukraine and Moldova as new designated countries under the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement (WTO GPA).
81 FR 67776 - Federal Acquisition Regulation: Contractors Performing Private Security Functions
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule. Effective: October 31, 2016. 48 CFR Parts 25 and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to remove the DoD-unique requirements for contractors performing private security functions outside the United States and provide a definition of “full cooperation” within the associated clause.
81 FR 67781 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule. Effective: September 30, 2016. 48 CFR Parts 1, 4, 22, 23, 26, and 52 Summary This document makes amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) in order to make editorial changes.
2016-08-25; vol. 81 # 165 - Thursday, August 25, 2016 81 FR 58562 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule. Effective October 25, 2016. 48 CFR Parts 1, 4, 9, 17, 22, 42, and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Executive Order 13673, Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces, which is designed to increase efficiency and cost savings in Federal contracting by improving contractor compliance with labor laws. The Department of Labor is simultaneously issuing final Guidance to assist Federal agencies in implementation of the Executive Order in conjunction with the FAR final rule.
81 FR 58654 - Guidance for Executive Order 13673, “Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces”
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Office of the Secretary Final guidance. This final Guidance is being published simultaneously with the FAR Council's final rule. The final FAR rule is published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register and is effective on October 25, 2016. Contractors and Federal agencies may use this Guidance beginning August 25, 2016. 48 CFR Parts 22 and 52 Summary The Department of Labor (the Department) is publishing final guidance (the Guidance) to assist the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (the FAR Council) and Federal contracting agencies in the implementation of Executive Order 13673, Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces. Executive Order 13673 (the Order) contains new requirements designed to increase efficiency and cost savings in the Federal contracting process. By law, Federal agencies already must contract only with “responsible” sources. Among other directives, the Order provides explicit new instructions for Federal contracting officers to consider a contractor's compliance with certain Federal and State labor laws as a part of the determination of contractor “responsibility” that contracting officers presently must undertake before awarding a Federal contract. In addition, the Order directs the FAR Council to propose the rules and regulations necessary to carry out the Order and the Department to develop guidance to help implement the new requirements. In this final Guidance, the Department provides detailed definitions for various terms used in the Order and the FAR rule to categorize and classify labor law violations, and the Department provides a summary of the processes through which contracting agencies will assess a contractor's overall record of labor law compliance and carry out their other duties under the Order.
2016-07-14; vol. 81 # 135 - Thursday, July 14, 2016 81 FR 45833 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Small Business Subcontracting Improvements
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule. Effective: November 1, 2016. 48 CFR Parts 1, 2, 15, 19, and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement regulatory changes made by the Small Business Administration, which provide for a Governmentwide policy on small business subcontracting.
81 FR 45852 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; OMB Circular Citation Update
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule. Effective: August 15, 2016. 48 CFR Parts 2, 15, 16, 31, 42, and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to update outdated Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular citation references.
81 FR 45866 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule. Effective: July 14, 2016. 48 CFR Parts 4 and 52 Summary This document makes amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) in order to make editorial changes.
2016-06-06; vol. 81 # 108 - Monday, June 6, 2016 81 FR 36245 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Removal of Regulations Relating to Telegraphic Communication
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Proposed rule. Interested parties should submit written comments to the Regulatory Secretariat Division at one of the addresses shown below on or before August 5, 2016 to be considered in the formulation of a final rule. 48 CFR Parts 5, 14, 19, 22, 25, 28, 43, 47, 49, 52, and 53 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to delete the use of “telegram”, “telegraph”, and related terms. The objective is to delete reference to obsolete technologies no longer in use and replace with references to electronic communications. In addition, conforming changes are proposed covering expedited notice of termination and change orders.
2016-05-25; vol. 81 # 101 - Wednesday, May 25, 2016 81 FR 33192 - Federal Acquisition Regulation: Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals—Representation (FAR Case 2015-024)
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Proposed rule. Interested parties should submit written comments to the Regulatory Secretariat Division at one of the addresses shown below on or before July 25, 2016 to be considered in the formation of the final rule. 48 CFR Parts 1, 4, 23, and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to create an annual representation within the System for Award Management for vendors to indicate if and where they publicly disclose greenhouse gas emissions and greenhouse gas reduction goals or targets. This information will help the Government assess supplier greenhouse gas management practices and assist agencies in developing strategies to engage with contractors to reduce supply chain emissions, as directed in the Executive Order on Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade.
2016-05-20; vol. 81 # 98 - Friday, May 20, 2016 81 FR 31895 - Federal Acquisition Regulation: System for Award Management Registration
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Proposed rule. Interested parties should submit written comments to the Regulatory Secretariat Division at one of the addresses shown below on or before July 19, 2016 to be considered in the formation of the final rule. 48 CFR Parts 2, 4, 7, 9, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 22, 25, 26, 28, 32, 44, and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to update the instructions for System for Award Management (SAM) registration requirements and to correct an inconsistency with offeror representation and certification requirements.
2016-05-16; vol. 81 # 94 - Monday, May 16, 2016 81 FR 30429 - Federal Acquisition Regulation: High Global Warming Potential Hydrofluorocarbons
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule. Effective: June 15, 2016. 48 CFR Parts 1, 2, 7, 11, 23, 25, and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Executive branch policy in the President's Climate Action Plan to procure, when feasible, alternatives to high global warming potential (GWP) hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). This final rule will allow agencies to better meet the greenhouse gas emission reduction goals and reporting requirements of the Executive Order on Planning for Sustainability in the Next Decade.
81 FR 30439 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Basic Safeguarding of Contractor Information Systems
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule. Effective: June 15, 2016. 48 CFR Parts 4, 7, 12, and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to add a new subpart and contract clause for the basic safeguarding of contractor information systems that process, store or transmit Federal contract information. The clause does not relieve the contractor of any other specific safeguarding requirement specified by Federal agencies and departments as it relates to covered contractor information systems generally or other Federal requirements for safeguarding Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) as established by Executive Order (E.O.). Systems that contain classified information, or CUI such as personally identifiable information, require more than the basic level of protection.
2016-05-12; vol. 81 # 92 - Thursday, May 12, 2016 81 FR 29514 - Federal Acquisition Regulation: Administrative Cost To Issue and Administer a Contract
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Proposed rule. Interested parties should submit written comments to the Regulatory Secretariat Division at one of the addresses shown below on or before July 11, 2016 to be considered in the formation of the final rule. 48 CFR Parts 14 and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to revise the estimated administrative cost to award and administer a contract, for the purpose of evaluating bids for multiple awards.
2016-05-11; vol. 81 # 91 - Wednesday, May 11, 2016 81 FR 29244 - Federal Acquisition Regulation: Combating Trafficking in Persons—Definition of “Recruitment Fees”
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Proposed rule. Interested parties should submit written comments to the Regulatory Secretariat at one of the addresses shown below on or before July 11, 2016 to be considered in the formation of the final rule. 48 CFR Parts 22 and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to provide a definition of “recruitment fees.” The FAR policy on combating trafficking in persons prohibits contractors from charging employees recruitment fees, in accordance with the Executive Order entitled “Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking in Persons in Federal Contracts.”
2016-03-16; vol. 81 # 51 - Wednesday, March 16, 2016 81 FR 13998 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendment; Corrections
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Correcting amendments. Effective: March 16, 2016. 48 CFR Part 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a correction to FAC 2005-87; Technical Amendment; (Item II), which was published in the Federal Register at 81 FR 11988, March 7, 2016.
2016-03-07; vol. 81 # 44 - Monday, March 7, 2016 81 FR 11988 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Information on Corporate Contractor Performance and Integrity
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule. Effective: April 6, 2016. 48 CFR Parts 1, 4, 9, 22, and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement section 852 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 to include in the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS), to the extent practicable, identification of any immediate owner or subsidiary, and all predecessors of an offeror that held a Federal contract or grant within the last three years. The objective is to provide a more comprehensive understanding of the performance and integrity of the corporation before awarding a Federal contract.
81 FR 11992 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendment
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule. Effective: March 7, 2016. 48 CFR Parts 4, 22, 25, 36, and 52 Summary This document makes an amendment to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) in order to make an editorial change.
2016-01-22; vol. 81 # 14 - Friday, January 22, 2016 81 FR 3763 - Federal Acquisition Regulation: Contractor Employee Internal Confidentiality Agreements
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Proposed rule. Interested parties should submit written comments to the Regulatory Secretariat at one of the addresses shown below on or before March 22, 2016 to be considered in the formation of the final rule. 48 CFR Parts 3, 4, and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement a section of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, that prohibits the use of funds, appropriated or otherwise made available, for a contract with an entity that requires employees or subcontractors to sign an internal confidentiality agreement that restricts such employees or subcontractors from lawfully reporting waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated Government representative authorized to receive such information.
2016-01-20; vol. 81 # 12 - Wednesday, January 20, 2016 81 FR 3087 - Federal Acquisition Regulations: FAR Case 2014-004, Payment of Subcontractors
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Proposed rule. Interested parties should submit written comments to the Regulatory Secretariat at one of the addresses shown below on or before March 21, 2016 to be considered in the formulation of a final rule. 48 CFR Parts 19, 42, and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement a section of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010. This statute requires contractors to notify the contracting officer in writing if the contractor pays a reduced price to a small business subcontractor, or if the contractor's payment to a small business contractor is more than 90 days past due.
2015-12-31; vol. 80 # 251 - Thursday, December 31, 2015 80 FR 81888 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Sole Source Contracts for Women-Owned Small Businesses
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Interim rule. Effective: December 31, 2015. Comment date: Interested parties should submit written comments to the Regulatory Secretariat Division at one of the addresses shown below on or before February 29, 2016 to be considered in the formation of the final rule. 48 CFR Parts 2, 4, 6, 18, 19, and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement regulatory changes made by the Small Business Administration (SBA) that provide for authority to award sole source contracts to economically disadvantaged women-owned small business concerns and to women-owned small business concerns eligible under the Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program.
80 FR 81892 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; New Designated Countries—Montenegro and New Zealand
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule. Effective: February 1, 2016. 48 CFR Parts 22, 25, and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to add Montenegro and New Zealand as new designated countries under the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement (WTO GPA) and update the list of parties to the Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft.
80 FR 81894 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Trade Agreements Thresholds
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule. Effective: January 1, 2016. 48 CFR Parts 22, 25, and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to incorporate revised thresholds for application of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) and the Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), as determined by the United States Trade Representative.
