Changes to purchasing rules in the Federal Register
Rules, proposals and notices published on Title 48 (FAR and supplements) since 1994, by year.
The Federal Register version always prevails.
Mar 28, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Defense Department
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Subcontract Proposal Audits
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council are proposing amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to add two additional examples of when field pricing support audits of subcontract proposals may be app…
Mar 28, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Defense Department
Federal Acquisition Regulation; First Article Testing and Approval
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council are proposing a change to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) which adds language to the existing first article clauses and adds a new solicitation provision, Waiver o…
Mar 23, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Justice Department
Amendment to the Justice Acquisition and Regulations (JAR) Regarding: Contracting Authority and Responsibilities, Definitions, Competition Advocates, and Acquisition Planning; Correction
This document contains a correction to the final regulation (JAC 94-1,) which was published Wednesday, December 29, 1993, (58 FR 68774). The corrected provision sets forth the Department of Justice system for selection, appointment and termination of appointme…
Mar 21, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Acquisition Regulation; Addition of Coverage to the NASA FAR Supplement on Providing Facilities to Contractors
NASA has revised the NASA FAR Supplement (NFS), Part 1845, to authorize providing facilities (off-the-shelf, general purpose equipment) to contractors under certain limited conditions.
Mar 18, 1994 · Uncategorized Document
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Withdrawal of Proposals; Proposed Rule DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
The Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration have decided to withdraw two proposed rules prescribed in the Federal Register at 56 FR 64922, December 12, 1991, FAR Case 91-56, Research and Develop…
Mar 16, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Preference for Local and Small Business
The Department of Defense has amended the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to ensure that businesses located in the vicinity of a military installation that is being closed or realigned have the maximum practicable opportunity to participate i…
Mar 16, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Demilitarization
The Defense Acquisition Regulations Council is proposing changes to the Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS) to cover control of Munitions List items (MLI) and Strategic List items (SLI) and demilitarization of excess property.
Mar 15, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Optional Form 333
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on a final rule to amend a Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) on the use of Optional Form 333. Optional Form 333 was revised in FAC 90-16 and published at 57 …
Mar 14, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Aircraft Fuel Cells
The Department of Defense has amended the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to prohibit the use of Fiscal Year 1994 Department of Defense appropriated funds for acquisition of aircraft fuel cells unless such cells are manufactured in the United…
Mar 10, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Introduction of Miscellaneous Amendments
This document introduces the documents, set forth below, which comprise Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 90-20. The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council are issuing FAC 90-20 to amend the Federal Acquisition Reg…
Mar 10, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Defense Department; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Section 6050M of the Tax Reform Act of 1986
This adopts as final, with one change, the interim rule published at 57 FR 44259, September 24, 1992, as Item I of FAC 90-13. That rule amended the coverage ``Information Reporting to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS),'' of the Federal Acquisition Regulation …
Mar 10, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Defense Department
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Made in America Labels/Unfair Trade Practices
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed to interim rules amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement sections 201 and 202 of the Defense Production Act. Section 201 directs that the…
Mar 10, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Defense Department
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Preference for Commercial Products
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on a final rule to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to clearly reflect the preference for use of voluntary standards, commercial item descriptions…
Mar 10, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Defense Department
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Increase in Cost or Pricing Data Threshold
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed to convert the interim rule published in the Federal Register at 56 FR 67412, December 30, 1991 (FAC 90-10, Item I), to a final rule with no change. This rule a…
Mar 10, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Defense Department
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Reimbursement, Interest Charges, and Penalties for Overpayment; Clarification
This item clarifies FAR case 89-37, Item 11 of FAC 90-3 published at 55 FR 52782, December 21, 1990, regarding the application to contract modifications of the statutory and regulatory guidance on reimbursement, interest charges, and penalties for overpayment.…
Mar 10, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Defense Department
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Clarify Increased Cost or Pricing Data Threshold
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on a final rule revising the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to clarify application of the $500,000 threshold for submission of certified cost or pricing d…
Mar 10, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Defense Department
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Nonmanufacturer Rule
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed to convert the interim rule published in the Federal Register at 57 FR 60571, December 21, 1992, as Item XI of Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 90-16, to a fi…
Mar 10, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Defense Department
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on a final rule to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to clarify how to proceed when there is not a reasonable expectation of offers from two or mor…
Mar 10, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Defense Department
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Removal of Steel Conduit From the FAR Buy American Act Exemption List
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on a final rule to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) by removing steel conduit (5'' and 6'') from the FAR Buy American Act exemption list. Market r…
Mar 10, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Defense Department
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Buy American ActConstruction Materials
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed to convert the interim rule, published in the Federal Register at 57 FR 20372, May 12, 1992, as Item II in Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 90-11, to a final …
Mar 10, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Defense Department
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Examination of Records
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to state that the requirement to notify Congress when the Examination of Records clause is omi…
Mar 10, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Defense Department
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Independent Research and Development and Bid and Proposal Costs
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on a final rule to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) by inserting a date certain with regard to waiving the limitation on the maximum allowable amo…
Mar 10, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Defense Department
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Prompt Payment Overseas
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to reflect a decision by the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals that the Prompt Payme…
Mar 10, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Defense Department
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Courts Administration Act
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed to an interim rule revising the claim certification procedures and the Alternative Means of Dispute Resolution (ADR) procedures in the FAR. The rule also implem…
Mar 10, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Defense Department
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Defense Traffic Management Regulation
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on a final rule to amend the coverage ``Traffic and Transportation Management'' of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to update the title of the Defense T…
Mar 10, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Defense Department
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Records of Plant Equipment
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council (CAAC) and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (DARC) have agreed on a final rule to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) under Management of Government Property in the Possession of Contractors, to add…
Mar 10, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Defense Department
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Reports of Government Property
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed to amend the coverage under Reports of Government Property, to require contractors to report annually all classifications of Government property in their posses…
Mar 10, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Defense Department
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Returnable Cylinders
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on a final rule that amends the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) by adding a clause entitled Returnable Cylinders, with its prescriptive language. The claus…
Mar 10, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Defense Department
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Small Business Innovation Research Rights in Data
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed to an interim rule that amends the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) under the clause Rights in Data--Small Business Innovation Research Program, to increase…
Mar 10, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Defense Department
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Corrections and Technical Amendments
Technical corrections are being made to FAR parts 1, 3, 5, 15, 16, 19, 31, 42, 48, 52, and 53 to correct errors, omissions, inconsistencies, references, and terms.
Mar 10, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Acquisition Streamlining Techniques
This notice amends the NASA FAR Supplement to incorporate a number of techniques that will streamline the acquisition planning and competitive source selection processes.
Mar 10, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Procurement Plan Contents Regarding Strategies to Encourage Cost Realism
NASA has revised the NASA FAR Supplement to address how cost realism will be included in procurement plans. Procurement plans should included how the offeror will be advised of the importance of cost realism, how cost realism will factor into the evaluation an…
Mar 10, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Energy Department
Acquisition Regulation: Procurement Integrity
DOE is amending the Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation (DEAR) to implement the requirements of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to identify the individuals responsible for concurring in the contracting officer's decision regarding the impact o…
Mar 7, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Carbonyl Iron Powders
The Department of Defense has amended the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to delete the restriction on the acquisition of carbonyl iron powders, which required that all carbonyl iron powders be manufactured in a facility located in the United…
Mar 7, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Reflagging and Repair Work
The Director of Defense Procurement is issuing an interim rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to restrict performance of reflagging or repair work on any vessel utilized under a time charter contract to performance in th…
Mar 3, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Applicability of NASA Formal Source Evaluation Board (SEB) Procedures
NASA has amended the NASA FAR Supplement part 1815 to make editorial corrections and administrative changes to clarify when formal SEB procedures are to be used.
Mar 3, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Contractor Performance Summary (CPS) Guidance
This rule removes NASA guidance on Contractor Performance Summary (CPS). NASA has determined that such guidance is an unnecessary burden on government contracting personnel.
Mar 3, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Changes to NASA FAR Supplement Streamlining the Major System Acquisition Process by Eliminating the Requirement for a Formal Solicitation Between Each Phase of the Procurement
This notice amends the NASA FAR Supplement to provide for selection/down-selection between phases of a Major System Acquisition utilizing a streamlined approach that eliminates the previous NASA requirement to provide a new, formal solicitation for each phase …
Mar 2, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA FAR Supplement Coverage on Uncompensated Overtime
This rule proposes to amend the NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation (NFS) to include coverage on evaluation of uncompensated overtime. NASA's policy is to consider uncompensated overtime in the evaluation of proposals and professional compensation. Contracting…
Mar 1, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Fish and Wildlife Service; Geological Survey; Indian Affairs Bureau; Interior Department; Land Management Bureau; Minerals Management Service; Mines Bureau; National Park Service; Office of the Secretary; Reclamation Bureau; Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
Review of Existing Significant Regulations
Pursuant to Executive Order 12866 (the ``Order''), the Department of the Interior (``DOI'') is announcing its intent to establish periodic reviews of all ``significant'' regulations published by the Department. The purpose of these reviews is to ensure that al…
Mar 1, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Energy Department; Office of General Counsel
Review of Existing Regulations for Modification or Elimination
As a first step of a comprehensive initiative by the Department of Energy (DOE or Department) to reform its rulemaking efforts, the public is requested to provide general comments on existing regulations and programs where improvements might be made through th…
Feb 25, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Energy Department
Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments
The Department is amending the Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation (DEAR) to perform ``housekeeping'' duties such as updating references, correcting spelling and editorial errors, and clarifying certain language. This rule falls under the exceptions to…
Feb 25, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Energy Department
Acquisition Regulation; Project Control System
Feb 23, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · General Services Administration
Reinventing Multiple Award Schedule Ordering Procedures
The General Services Administration (GSA) plans to deregulate, streamline and unify its multiple award schedule (MAS) ordering procedures. GSA establishes MAS contracts to provide Federal agencies a cost-effective mechanism for ordering common use commercial i…
Feb 23, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · General Services Administration
General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation; Multiple Award Schedule Price Reductions Clause
This proposed rule would amend the General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) to prescribe a Price Reductions clause for use in multiple award schedule (MAS) solicitations and contracts. The clause is a modification of that currently in use.…
Feb 17, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Increasing Contractor Liability on Research and Development Contracts
In accordance with Public Law 102-588, NASA has carried out an assessment of the allocation of risk, as currently prescribed by the Federal Acquisition Regulation, between NASA and its contractors for research and development contracts. This assessment include…
Feb 17, 1994 · Uncategorized Document
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Past Performance Information; Proposed Rule DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council (CAAC) and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (DARC) are proposing a change to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to address requirements for use of past performance information in the contractor selection…
Feb 17, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
Feb 16, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Electronic Contracting
Feb 14, 1994 · Uncategorized Document · Veterans Affairs Department
VA Acquisition Regulation: Loan Guaranty and Vocational Rehabilitation and Counseling Programs
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is proposing to amend the VA Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) to increase the amount which property holders and management brokers may spend for emergency property repairs. Advance blanket authorization to management broker…