[Federal Register: December 12, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 238)]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Chapter 1
[Docket FAR--2006--0023, Sequence 8]
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular
2005-15; 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 of 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. It consists of a summary of rules appearing in Federal
Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-15 which amend the 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 2005-15 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.regulations.gov
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Laurieann Duarte, FAR Secretariat,
(202) 501-4225. For clarification of content, contact the analyst whose
name appears in the table below.
List of Rules in FAC 2005-15
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Item Subject FAR case Analyst
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*I............. Payments Under Time-and-Materials and Labor- 2004-015 Olson.
Hour Contracts.
*II............ Additional Commercial Contract Types......... 2003-027 Olson.
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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 2005-15 amends the FAR as specified below:
Item I--Payments Under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts (FAR
Case 2004-015)
This final rule revises and clarifies policies related to award and
administration of noncommercial item Time-and-Materials (T&M) and
Labor-Hour (LH) contracts and the policies regarding payments made
under those contracts. The objectives of the changes are to ensure fair
and reasonable prices under T&M and LH contracts and to eliminate
confusion related to payment amounts for subcontractor provided labor.
Item II--Additional Commercial Contract Types (FAR Case 2003-027)
This final rule implements section 1432 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Pub. L. 108-136). Title XIV of
the Act, referred to as the Services Acquisition Reform Act of 2003
(SARA), amended section 8002(d) of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining
Act of 1994 (FASA) (Pub. L. 103-355, 41 U.S.C. 264) to expressly
authorize the use of Time-and-Materials (T&M) and Labor-Hour (LH)
contracts for commercial services under specified conditions.
Dated: December 4, 2006.
Linda K. Nelson,
Deputy Director, Contract Policy Division.
[FR Doc. 06-9612 Filed 12-6-06; 8:45 am]
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