[Federal Register: January 7, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 4)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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Part V
Department of Defense
General Services Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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48 CFR Parts 1, 5 et al.
Federal Acquisition Circular 2001-19 and Federal Acquisition
Regulations; Final Rules and Interim Rule
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Chapter 1
Federal Acquisition Circular 2001-19; Introduction
AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Summary presentation of final rules and technical amendments
and corrections.
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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) 2001-19. 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.arnet.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 2001-19 and specific FAR case number(s). 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.arnet.gov/far.
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Item Subject FAR case Analyst
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I..................... New Consolidated 2000-608A Davis.
Form for Selection
of Architect-
Engineer
Contractors.
II.................... Free Trade 2003-016 Davis.
Agreements--Chile
and Singapore, and
Trade Agreements
Thresholds
(Interim).
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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 2001-19 amends the FAR as specified below:
Item I--New Consolidated Form for Selection of Architect-Engineer
Contractors (FAR Case 2000-608A)
This amendment to final rule, FAR Case 2000-608, New Consolidated
Form for Selection of Architect-Engineer Contractors, changes the
effective date from January 12, 2004, to June 8, 2004. This final rule
was published in FAC 2001-018 in the Federal Register at 68 FR 69227,
December 11, 2003. This amendment also eliminates the reference to an
applicability date. By changing the effective date, it allows the users
of the SF 330 more time to prepare before the SF 330 is effective.
Item II--Free Trade Agreements--Chile and Singapore, and Trade
Agreements Thresholds (Interim) (FAR Case 2003-016)
This interim rule amends FAR parts 5, 12, 13, 14, 17, 19, 22, 25,
and 52 to implement new Free Trade Agreements with Chile and Singapore,
as approved by Congress (Public Laws 108-77 and 108-78). These Free
Trade Agreements are scheduled to go into effect January 1, 2004.
Singapore is already a designated country under the Trade Agreements
Act, but Chile was not previously a designated country. The threshold
under these Free Trade Agreements for acquisition of end products and
services is $58,550 and the threshold for construction contracts is
$6,725,000. In acquisitions that exceed these thresholds and are
subject to trade agreements, this rule allows the acquisition of end
products or construction material from Chile or Singapore without
application of the Buy American Act, and provides for certain
procedures in the acquisition of services, unless the service is
excluded from coverage by the trade agreement. The interim rule directs
the contracting officer to determine the origin of a service by the
country in which the firm providing the services is established. The
interim rule also implements new dollar thresholds for application of
trade agreements, as published by the U.S. Trade Representative in the
Federal Register at 68 FR 70861, December 19, 2003. Contracting
officers must review the new thresholds in order to select the
appropriate clauses to implement the Buy American Act, trade
agreements, and sanctions of European Union country end products and
services.
Dated: December 30, 2003.
Laura Auletta,
Director, Acquisition Policy Division.
Federal Acquisition Circular
Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2001-19 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 2001-19 are
effective January 7, 2004, except for Item II, which is effective
January 1, 2004.
Dated: December 30, 2003.
Richard K. Sylvester,
Acting Director, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy.
Dated: December 29, 2003.
David A. Drabkin,
Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Acquisition Policy,
General Services Administration.
Dated: December 30, 2003.
Lynn W. Bailets,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Procurement, National Aeronautics
and Space Administration.
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