[Federal Register: December 27, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 247)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Parts 2, 5, 14, 15, 19, 32, 33, 36, 42, and 52
[FAC 97-15; Item XI]
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments
AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Technical amendments.
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SUMMARY: This document makes amendments to the Federal Acquisition
Regulation in order to update references and make editorial changes.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 27, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The FAR Secretariat, Room 4035, GS
[[Page 72451]]
Building, Washington, DC 20405, (202) 501-4755.
List of Subjects in 48 CFR Parts 2, 5, 14, 15, 19, 32, 33, 36, 42,
and 52
Government procurement.
Dated: December 20, 1999.
Edward C. Loeb,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division.
Therefore, DoD, GSA, and NASA amend 48 CFR Parts 2, 5, 14, 15, 19,
32, 33, 36, 42, and 52 as set forth below:
1. The authority citation for 48 CFR Parts 2, 5, 14, 15, 19, 32,
33, 36, 42, and 52 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 40 U.S.C. 486(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 137; and 42
U.S.C. 2473(c).
PART 2--DEFINITIONS OF WORDS AND TERMS
2.101 [Amended]
2. Amend the definition ``simplified acquisition threshold'' in
section 2.101 by removing ``10 U.S.C. 2302(7)'' and adding ``10 U.S.C.
2302(8)'' in its place.
PART 5--PUBLICIZING CONTRACT ACTIONS
3. Revise paragraph (f)(3) of section 5.205 to read as follows:
5.205 Special situations.
* * * * *
(f) * * *
(3) Advising that eligibility to participate may be restricted to
firms in either the developmental stage or the developmental and
transitional stages; and
* * * * *
PART 14--SEALED BIDDING
4. Revise paragraph (r) of section 14.201-6 to read as follows:
14.201-6 Solicitation provisions.
* * * * *
(r) Insert the provision at 52.214-23, Late Submissions,
Modifications, Revisions, and Withdrawals of Technical Proposals under
Two-Step Sealed Bidding, in solicitations for technical proposals in
step one of two-step sealed bidding.
* * * * *
PART 15--CONTRACTING BY NEGOTIATION
15.208 [Amended]
5. Amend the first sentence of paragraph (a) in section 15.208 by
removing ``or withdrawals,''; and the first sentence of paragraph
(b)(1) by removing ``revision, or withdrawal'' and inserting ``or
revision,'' in its place.
PART 19--SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS
6. Amend section 19.702 by revising the last sentence in paragraph
(d) to read as follows:
19.702 Statutory requirements.
* * * * *
(d) * * * However, the mentor-protege agreement must have been
approved by the--
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, Office of
the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and
Logistics), 1777 N. Kent Street, Suite 9100, Arlington, VA 22209
before developmental assistance costs may be credited against
subcontracting goals. A list of approved agreements may be obtained at
http://www.acq.osd.mil/sadbu/mentor__protege/ or by calling 1-800-553-
1858.
PART 32--CONTRACT FINANCING
32.503-6 [Amended]
7. Amend paragraph (e)(3) of section 32.503-6 by removing ``52.232-
6'' and adding ``52.232-16'' in its place.
PART 33--PROTESTS, DISPUTES, AND APPEALS
33.213 [Amended]
8. Amend paragraph (a) of section 33.213 by removing ``paragraph
(h)'' and adding ``paragraph (i)'' in its place.
PART 36--CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS
36.104 [Amended]
9. Amend section 36.104 by removing ``(41 U.S.C. 541, et seq.)''
and adding ``(40 U.S.C. 541, et seq.)'' in its place.
PART 42--CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND AUDIT SERVICES
42.203 [Amended]
10. Amend section 42.203 by removing ``DCMCC-F'' and adding ``DCMC-
BD'' in its place.
PART 52--SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES
52.215-1 [Amended]
11. Amend section 52.215-1 by revising the date of the provision to
read ``(DEC 1999)''; in the first sentence of paragraph (c)(3)(i) of
the provision by removing ``, revisions, or withdrawals,'' and adding
``or revisions,'' in its place; and in the first sentence of paragraph
(c)(3)(ii)(A) of the provision by removing ``revision, or withdrawal''
and adding ``or revision,'' in its place.
52.228-14 [Amended]
12. Amend section 52.228-14 by revising the date of the clause to
read ``(DEC 1999)''; and in paragraphs (f) and (g) of the clause by
removing ``____, 19__'' and inserting ``(Date)____'' in their place.
[FR Doc. 99-33440 Filed 12-23-99; 8:45 am]
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