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.
Feb 23, 1999 · Rule · Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Deviations From Cost Accounting Standards Administration Requirements
The Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to reflect changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) that removed the prohibition against authorizing deviations from c…
Feb 23, 1999 · Rule · Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Specifications and Standards Requisition
The Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to remove references to an obsolete form that formerly was used for ordering specifications and standards.
Feb 23, 1999 · Rule · Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; People's Republic of China
The Director of Defense Procurement has issued an interim rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement Section 8120 of the DoD Appropriations Act for fiscal year 1999. Section 8120 places restrictions on the award of…
Feb 23, 1999 · Rule · Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Singapore Accession to Government Procurement Agreement
The Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to remove the limitation on the eligibility of Singapore as a designated country under the Trade Agreements Act. The limitation p…
Feb 23, 1999 · Rule · Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Independent Research and Development and Bid and Proposal Costs for Fiscal Year 1996 and Beyond
The Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to reflect changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) that treat independent research and development and bid and propos…
Feb 23, 1999 · Rule · Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Flexible Progress Payments
The Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to remove references to the flexible progress payments method of contract financing. Prior to issuance of this rule, the DFARS co…
Feb 23, 1999 · Rule · Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Television- Audio Support Activity
The Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to reflect the reassignment of contracting responsibility for radio and television communication equipment under the DoD Coordina…
Feb 16, 1999 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Contractor Liability for Loss of and/or Damages to Household Goods
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to standardize the method of calculating contractor liability for loss of and/or damage to shipments of hous…
Feb 10, 1999 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Progress Payments and Related Financing Policies
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to reduce the burdens imposed on contractors and contracting officers by the progress payment type of financ…
Feb 4, 1999 · Rule · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Miscellaneous Revisions to the NASA FAR Supplement
This rule amends the NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (NFS) to make editorial corrections and miscellaneous changes dealing with NASA internal and administrative matters.
Feb 2, 1999 · Rule · Agency for International Development; International Development Cooperation Agency
Miscellaneous Amendments to Acquisition Regulations
The USAID Acquisition Regulation (AIDAR) is being amended to bring its organizational conflicts of interest coverage into conformance with the FAR; to implement the August 19, 1997 revisions to Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) regulations…
Feb 1, 1999 · Rule · General Services Administration
General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation; Streamlining Administration of Federal Supply Service (FSS) Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Contracts and Clarifying Marking Requirements
The General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) is amended to clarify requirements for marking deliveries under contracts that provide for delivery to both civilian and military locations, clarify the contracting activities that are authorize…
Jan 29, 1999 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Interest and Other Financial Costs
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to add interest charges or other amounts as a consequence of late contractor payments to the list of unallow…
Jan 29, 1999 · Proposed Rule · Veterans Affairs Department
VA Acquisition Regulation: Taxes
This rule proposes to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) by deleting procedures and controls prescribed in the VAAR whereby facilities or institutions owned or controlled by State Governments, territories, and the District o…
Jan 27, 1999 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Conforming Late Offer Treatment
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to align guidance regarding receipt of late offers for commercial, sealed bid, and negotiated acquisitions.
Jan 26, 1999 · Rule · Environmental Protection Agency
Acquisition Regulation: Administrative Amendments
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing this final rule to amend the EPA Acquisition Regulation (EPAAR) (48 CFR Chapter 15) to remove obsolete coverage and make other administrative changes based on recent revisions to the Federal Acquisition Regu…
Jan 25, 1999 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Cost Accounting Standards Post- Award Notification
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to reduce the subcontractor information that a contractor is required to provide to its cognizant contract a…
Jan 22, 1999 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Option Clause Consistency
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to make the format of the Option to Extend Services clause consistent with the format of other FAR option cl…
Jan 21, 1999 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Business Class Airfare
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have decided to withdraw FAR Case 97- 040, Business Class Airfare, published in the Federal Register at 63 FR 43239, August 12, 1998. The rule proposed to amend the Federal…
Jan 20, 1999 · Proposed Rule · Environmental Protection Agency
Acquisition Regulation: Service ContractingAvoiding Improper Personal Services Relationships
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing this proposed rule to amend the EPA Acquisition Regulation (EPAAR) (48 CFR Chapter 15) to emphasize the proper relationship between the Government and its contractors in its non-personal services contracts. …
Jan 20, 1999 · Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Empowerment Contracting Program; Corrections
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council are issuing amendments to FAC 97-10, FAR case 97-307, Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Empowerment Contracting Program, published in the Federal Register …
Jan 15, 1999 · Rule · Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Simplified Acquisition Procedures
The Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to update guidance on simplified acquisition procedures for consistency with the reorganization of simplified acquisition procedu…
Jan 15, 1999 · Rule · Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Para-Aramid Fibers and Yarns
The Director of Defense Procurement has issued an interim rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement Section 807 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999. Section 807 sets forth…
Jan 15, 1999 · Rule · Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Order for Supplies or Services
The Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to update instructions for completion of a form that DoD contracting officers use to place orders for supplies and services.
Jan 15, 1999 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Taxpayer Identification Numbers and Commercial and Government Entity Codes
The Director of Defense Procurement is proposing to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to add procedures for reporting payment information to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS); to revise the procedures for obtaining Taxpayer I…
Jan 14, 1999 · Rule · Office of the Secretary; Transportation Department
Amendment of Department of Transportation Acquisition Regulations
This final rule deletes unnecessary Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) implementations which were in the Transportation Acquisition Regulation (TAR), implements and supplements FAR Circulars 97-01 through 97-03, and sequentially aligns Coast Guard TAR Supple…
Jan 11, 1999 · Rule · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Revision to the NASA FAR Supplement Coverage on Information to the Internal Revenue Service
This is a final rule amending the NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) to provide guidance to NASA employees about furnishing to payment offices the taxpayer identification numbers of NASA contractors. The guidance will simplify NASA's efforts in meeting requirements for…
Jan 11, 1999 · Rule · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Midrange Procurement Procedures
Jan 8, 1999 · Proposed Rule · Health and Human Services Department; Office of the Secretary
Acquisition Regulation
The Department of Health and Human Services is republishing its acquisition regulation (HHSAR), Title 48 Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter 3, to streamline and simplify it in accordance with the tenets of the National Performance Review. In doing so, the De…
Jan 7, 1999 · Rule · Air Force Department; Defense Department
Types of Contracts
The Department of the Air Force is amending Title 48, Chapter 53 of the CFR by removing Part 5315, Types of Contracts. This rule is removed because it does not meet the requirement for codification. It was revised as part of the Federal Acquisition Regulation …
Dec 29, 1998 · Rule · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Administrative Revisions to the NASA FAR Supplement, MidRange Procurement Procedures
This is a final rule to conform NASA FAR Supplement MidRange Procurement Procedures with FAR 19.10 and 13.5.
Dec 29, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Reform of Affirmative Action in Federal Procurement; Corrections
The Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration have agreed to issue an addendum to correct Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 97-07 to make amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation …
Dec 29, 1998 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Increased Payment Protection
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to increase the required penal amount of payment bonds on construction contracts over $6,250,000 and to allo…
Dec 29, 1998 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Cost-Reimbursement Architect- Engineer Contracts
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to provide guidance on the applicability of certain clauses to cost-reimbursement architect-engineer (A-E) c…
Dec 28, 1998 · Proposed Rule · Environmental Protection Agency
Acquisition Regulation: Contracting by Negotiation
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing this proposed rule to amend the EPA Acquisition Regulation (EPAAR) (48 CFR Chapter 15) so that it will conform to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR 48 CFR Chapter 1), as revised by Federal Acquisition …
Dec 28, 1998 · Rule · Air Force Department; Defense Department
Types of Contracts
The Department of the Air Force is amending Title 48, Chapter 53 of the CFR by removing Part 5350, Extraordinary Contractual Actions. This rule is removed because it is outdated and was deleted from the Air Force Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (AFFA…
Dec 24, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments to Update Activity Names and Addresses
The Director of Defense Procurement is amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to update names and addresses of DoD activities.
Dec 18, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Circular 97-10; Introduction
This document summarizes the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rules issued by the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council in this Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 97-10. A companion document, the Small Entity C…
Dec 18, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Empowerment Contracting Program
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement revisions made to Small Business Administration (SBA) regulations covering the…
Dec 18, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Limits for Indefinite-Quantity Contracts
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to clarify guidance regarding how limits on indefinite-quantity contracts are expressed.
Dec 18, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs National Pre-Award Registry
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to inform the procurement community of the availability of the Department of Labor's Office of…
Dec 18, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Limitation on Allowability of Compensation for Certain Contractor Personnel
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed to adopt as final, with changes, the interim rule published in the Federal Register at 63 FR 9066, February 23, 1998, as Item XIII of Federal Acquisition Circul…
Dec 18, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Contractor Purchasing System Review Exclusions
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to eliminate unnecessary contractor purchasing system reviews (CPSRs).
Dec 18, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Contract Quality Requirements
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to reflect a preference for commercial contract quality requirements, rather than Federal or m…
Dec 18, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Mandatory Government Source Inspection
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to facilitate the elimination of unnecessary requirements for Government contract quality assu…
Dec 18, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; No-Cost Value Engineering Change Proposals
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed to convert the interim rule published as Item X of Federal Acquisition Circular 97-05 at 63 FR 34078, June 22, 1998, to a final rule without change. The rule am…
Dec 18, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Evidence of Shipment in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Transactions
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to facilitate the use of electronic data interchange (EDI) transactions and to streamline the …
Dec 18, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments
This document makes amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation in order to update references and make editorial changes.
Dec 18, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Small Entity Compliance Guide
This document is issued under the joint authority of the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of General Services and the Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. This Small Entity Compliance Guide has been prepared in accordance…
Dec 16, 1998 · Rule · Veterans Affairs Department
VA Acquisition Regulation: Title and Reference Updates
This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation (VAAR): to update office names and job titles due to administrative changes within the Department; correct references and typographical errors; delete obsolete material; delete mate…