[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 170 (Thursday, August 31, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 52951-52954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22094]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
48 CFR Parts 201, 202, 208, 211, 215, 219, 222, 225, 226, 242, 252,
and 253, and Appendices F and G to Chapter 2
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical
Amendments
AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Director of Defense Procurement is making technical
amendments to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement.
The amendments reflect the establishment of the Defense Contract
Management Agency (DCMA) and DCMA's renaming of its contract
administration offices to contract management offices. In addition, the
amendments update references and activity addresses and delete obsolete
text.
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 31, 2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Michele Peterson, Defense
Acquisition Regulations Council, OUSD (AT&L) DP (DAR), IMD 3D139, 3062
Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-3062. Telephone (703) 602-0311;
telefax (703) 602-0350.
List of Subjects in 48 CFR Parts 201, 202, 208, 211, 215, 219, 222,
225, 226, 242, 252, and 253
Government procurement.
Michele P. Peterson,
Executive Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations Council.
Therefore, 48 CFR Parts 201, 202, 208, 211, 215, 219, 222, 225,
226, 242, 252, and 253, and Appendices F and G to Chapter 2 are amended
as follows:
1. The authority citation for 48 CFR Parts 201, 202, 208, 211, 215,
219, 222, 225, 226, 242, 252, and 253, and Appendices F and G to
subchapter I continues to read as follows:
Authority: 41 U.S.C. 421 and 48 CFR Chapter 1.
PART 201--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
201.404 [Amended]
2. Section 201.404 is amended in paragraph (b)(ii) introductory
text by adding, after ``Defense Commissary Agency'', the phrase ``, the
Defense Contract Management Agency,''.
PART 202--DEFINITIONS OF WORDS AND TERMS
3. Section 202.101 is amended as follows:
a. By adding a definition of ``Contract administration office'';
b. In the definition of ``Contracting activity'', under the heading
``NAVY'', in the last entry, by adding a period after ``U.S.'';
c. In the definition of ``Contracting activity'', under the heading
``DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY'' by removing the entry
``Defense Finance and Accounting Service External Services, Defense
Finance and Accounting Service'', and adding in its place the following
new headings and entries:
``DEFENSE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AGENCY
Office of the Director, Defense Contract Management Agency
DEFENSE FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING SERVICE
External Services, Defense Finance and Accounting Service'';
d. In the definition of ``Contracting activity'', under the heading
``DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY'', by removing the entry ``Office of the
Commander, Defense Contract Management Command''; and
e. In the definition of ``Departments and agencies'' in the last
sentence by adding, after ``Defense Commissary Agency,'', the phrase
``the Defense Contract Management Agency,''. The added definition reads
as follows:
202.101 Definitions.
* * * * *
Contract administration office also means a contract management
office of the Defense Contract Management Agency.
PART 208--REQUIRED SOURCES OF SUPPLIES AND SERVICES
4. Section 208.7002-2 is amended as follows:
a. By revising paragraph (b)(8)(ii);
b. In paragraph (b)(9) by adding the word ``and'' after the
semicolon;
c. In paragraph (b)(10) by removing ``; and'' and adding a period
in its place; and
d. By removing paragraph (b)(11). The revised text reads as
follows:
208.7002-2 Requiring department responsibilities.
* * * * *
(b) * * *
(8) * * *
(ii) The basis for determining the acceptability of such supplies
(see FAR 11.302(b));
* * * * *
5. Section 208.7301 is amended by revising the definition of
``Precious Metals Indicator code (PMIC)'' to read as follows:
208.7301 Definitions.
* * * * *
Precious Metals Indicator Code (PMIC) means a single-digit, alpha-
numeric code assigned to national stock numbered items in the Defense
Integrated Data System Total Item Record used to indicate the presence
or absence of precious metals in the item. PMICs and the content value
of corresponding items are listed in DoD 4100.39-M, Federal Logistics
Information System (FLIS Procedures Manual, Volume 10, Chapter 4, Table
160.
* * * * *
208.7302 [Amended]
6. Section 208.7302 is amended as follows:
a. In the second sentence by removing the abbreviation ``DISC'' and
adding in its place ``DSCP''; and
b. By removing the parenthetical ``(See DoDD 4160.22, Recovery and
Utilization of Precious Metals.)''.
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208.7303 [Amended]
7. Section 208.7303 is amended in the first sentence of paragraph
(b) as follows:
a. By removing ``chapter X'' and adding in its place ``Chapter
11''; and
b. By removing the phrase ``Utilization and Disposal'' and adding
in its place ``Material Disposition''.
8. Section 208.7304 is revised to read as follows:
208.7304 Refined precious metals.
The following refined precious metals are currently managed by
DSCP:
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Precious metal National stock number (NSN)
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Gold...................................... 9660-00-042-7733
Silver.................................... 9660-00-106-9432
Platinum Granules......................... 9660-00-042-7768
Platinum Sponge........................... 9660-00-151-4050
Palladium Granules........................ 9660-00-042-7765
Palladium Sponge.......................... 9660-01-039-0320
Rhodium................................... 9660-01-010-2625
Iridium................................... 9660-00-011-1937
Ruthenium................................. 9660-01-039-0313
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208.7305 [Amended]
9. Section 208.7305 is amended in paragraph (b) as follows:
a. By removing ``chapter X'' and adding in its place ``Chapter
11''; and
b. By removing the phrase ``Utilization and Disposal'' and adding
in its place ``Materiel Disposition''.
PART 211--DESCRIBING AGENCY NEEDS
211.273-2 [Amended]
10. Section 211.273-2 is amended in paragraph (b) by removing the
word ``Command'' and adding in its place the word ``Agency''.
PART 215--CONTRACTING BY NEGOTIATION
11. Section 215.404-76 is amended by revising paragraph (g) to read
as follows:
215.404-76 Reporting profit and fee statistics.
* * * * *
(g) These reporting requirements have been assigned Report Control
Symbol DD-AT-&L(Q) 1751.
12. Section 215.407-4 is amended as follows:
a. By revising paragraph (c)(1) and the introductory text of
paragraph (c)(2)(A); and
b. In paragraph (c)(2)(C) in the third sentence by removing ``DCMC/
DLA led'' and adding in its place ``DCMA-led''. The revised text reads
as follows:
215.407-4 Should-cost review.
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(c) * * *
(1) Contact the Defense Contract Management Act (DCMA) (http:///
www.dcmc.hq.dla.mil/) for questions on overhead should-cost analysis.
(2)(A) DCMA is the military department responsible for performing
contact administration functions (e.g., Navy SUPSHIP) should consider,
based on risk assessment, performing an overhead should-cost review of
a contractor business unit (as defined FAR 31.001) when all of the
following conditions exist:
PART 219--SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS
219.70 [Amended]
13. Section 219.708 is amended in paragraph (b)(2) by removing the
word ``which'' and adding in its place the word ``that'', and by
removing the words ``Small Business''.
PART 22--APPLICATION OF LABOR LAWS TO GOVERNMENT ACQUISITIONS
222.101-3-70 [Amended]
14. Section 222.101-3-70 is amended in paragraph (b) introductory
text in the third sentence by removing ``DD-ACQ (AR) 1153'' and adding
in its place ``DD-AT&L (AR) 1153''.
PART 225--FOREIGN ACQUISITION
225.802-70 [Amended]
15. Section 225.802-70 is amended in paragraph (a) in the first
sentence by removing the parenthetical ``(as specified in DLAH
4105.5)''.
16. Section 225.870-1 is amended in paragraph (e)(2) by revising
the last sentence to read as follows:
225.870-1 General.
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(e) * * *
(2) * * * Requests for audit on non-Canadian Commercial Corporation
contracts should be routed through the cognizant contract management
office of the Defense Contract Management Agency.
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17. Section 225.870-5 is amended by revising paragraph (a) to read
as follows:
225.870-5 Contract administration.
(a) Assign contract administration in accordance with part 242.
When contract administration is performed in Canada by the cognizant
contract management office of the Defense Contract Management Agency,
the paying office to be named in the contract for disbursement of DoD
funds (DoD Department Code: 17-Navy; 21-Army; 57-Air Force; 97-all
other DoD components), whether payment is in Canadian or U.S. dollars,
shall be: DFAS-Columbus Center, DFAS-CO/New Dominion Division, PO Box
182041, Columbus, OH 43218-2041.
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225.902 [Amended]
18. Section 225.902 is amended as follows:
a. In paragraph (2)(i)(D) introductory text by removing ``DCMC''
and adding in its place ``DCM'', and by adding after ``New York
Avenue,'' the phase ``Building 120,'' and
b. In paragraph (2)(i)(E), and in paragraph (2)(ii) in the first
and last sentences, by removing ``DCMC'' and adding in its place
``DCM''.
225.7002-2 [Amended]
19. Section 225.7002-2 is amended in paragraph (d) by removing
``FAR section 25.108(d)(1)'' and adding in its place ``FAR 25.104(a)''.
20. Section 225.7019-2 amended by revising paragraph (b) to read as
follows:
225.7019-2 Exceptions.
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(b) The restrictions in 225.7019-1(b) does not apply to contracts
for acquisition of commercial items or subcontracts for acquisition of
commercial items or commercial components (see 212.503(a)(xi) and
212.504(a)(xxv)).
PART 226--OTHER SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRAMS
226.104 [Amended]
21. Section 226.104 is amended as follows:
a. By removing the introductory text ``Use the following
prescription instead of the prescription at FAR 26.10(a):'' and
b. By removing the paragraph (a) designation.
PART 242--CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND AUDIT SERVICES
242.002 [Amended]
22. Section 242.002 is amended in paragraph (S-70)(iii)
introductory text in the first sentence by removing ``Defense Contract
Management Command (DCMC), New York, NY'' and adding in its place
``Headquarters, Defense Contract Management Agency, International and
Federal Team''.
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242.202 [Amended]
23. Section 242.202 is amended as follows:
a. In paragraph (a)(ii) in the last sentence by removing ``Command
(DCMC)'' and adding in its place ``Agency (DCMA)''; and
b. In paragraph (a)(iii) in the first and last sentences by
removing ``DCMC'' and adding in its place ``DCMA''.
242.302 [Amended]
24. Section 242.302 is amended as follows:
a. In paragraph (a)(13)(A) by removing ``Command (DCMC)'' and
adding in its place ``Agency (DCMA)'';
b. In paragraph (a)(13)(B) introductory text and the first sentence
of paragraph (a)(13)(C) by removing ``DMC'' and adding in its place
``DCMA''; and
c. In paragraph (a)(41) by removing ``The Defense Contract
Management Command (DCMC)'' and adding in its place ``DCMA''.
242.771-3 [Amended]
25. Section 242.771-3 is amended in paragraph (b) by removing the
phrase ``Command of the Defense Logistics''.
242.7301 [Amended]
26. Section 242.7301 is amended as follows:
a. In paragraph (a) introductory text in the last sentence by
removing ``Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)'' and adding in its place
``Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)''; and
b. In paragraphs (a)(2) and (b) by removing ``DLA'' and adding in
its place ``DCMA''.
242.7302 [Amended]
27. Section 242.7302 is amended in paragraph (a)(1)(ii) by removing
``DLA'' and adding in its place ``DCMA''.
242.7303 [Amended]
28. Section 242.7303 is amended in paragraphs (a)(2) and (a)(3) and
the introductory text of paragraph (b) by removing ``DLA'' and adding
in its place ``DCMA''.
PART 252--SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES
29. Section 252.211-7005 is amended as follows:
a. By revising the clause date to read ``(AUG 2000)'';
b. In paragraph (a) in the last sentence by removing the word
``Command'' and adding in its place the word ``Agency''; and
c. In paragraph (b) by revising the last sentence to read as
follows:
252.211-7005 Substitutions for Military or Federal Specifications and
Standards.
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(b) * * * A listing of SPI processes accepted at specific
facilities is available via the Internet in PDF format at http://www.dcmc.hq.dla.mil/dcmc_o/oc/spi/files/dbreport/files/modified.pdf and
in Excel format at http://www.dcmc.hq.dla.mil/dcmc_o/oc/spi/files/dbreport/files/modified.xls.
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252.225-7009 [Amended]
30. Section 252.225-7009 is amended as follows:
a. By revising the clause date to read ``(AUG 2000)'';
b. In paragraph (f)(2)(iv)(A) in the last sentence by removing
``Command (DCMC)'' and adding in its place ``(DCMC)'', and by adding
after ``New York Avenue,'' the phrase ``Building 120,'';
c. In paragraph (f)(2)(iv)(B) by removing ``Defense Contract
Management Command (DCMC)'' and adding in its place ``DCM'';
d. In paragraph (f)(2)(vii) by removing ``DCMC'' and adding in its
place ``DCM''; and
e. In paragraph (g)(1) in the second sentence by removing ``DCMC
NY'' and adding in its place ``DCM New York''.
252.225-7010 [Amended]
31. Section 252.225-7010 is amended as follows:
a. By revising the clause date to read ``(AUG 2000)'';
b. In paragraph (e) introductory text in the first sentence by
removing ``Command (DCMC)'' and adding in its place ``(DCM)'', and by
adding after ``New York Avenue,'' the phrase ``Building 120,''; and
c. In paragraph (e)(3) and the second sentence of paragraph (f) by
removing ``DCMC'' and adding in its place ``DCM''.
252.225-7012 [Amended]
32. Section 252.225-7012 is amended as follows:
a. By revising the clause date to read ``(AUG 2000)''; and
b. In paragraph (b)(1) by removing ``FAR section 25.108(d)(1)'' and
adding in its place ``FAR 25.104(a)''.
252.225-7037 [Amended]
33. Section 252.225-7037 is amended as follows:
a. By revising the clause date to read ``(AUG 2000)'';
b. In paragraph (f)(2)(iv)(A) in the last sentence by removing
``Command (DCMC)'' and adding in its place ``(DCM)'', and by adding
after ``New York Avenue,'' the phrase ``Building 120.'';
c. In paragraph (f)(2)(iv)(B) in the first sentence by removing
``DCMC, NY'' and adding in its place ``DCM New York'';
d. In paragraph (f)(2)(iv)(B) in the last sentence by removing
``CDMC, NY'' and adding in its place ``DCM New York'', and by adding an
end parenthesis after the period;
e. In paragraph (f)(2)(vii) by removing ``DCMC'' and adding in its
place ``DCM;'' and
f. In paragraph (g)(1) in the second sentence by removing ``DCMC
NY'' and adding in its place ``DCM New York''.
PART 253--FORMS
34. Section 253.208-1 is amended as follows:
a. By revising paragraph (c)(6)(i)(A); and
b. In paragraph (e) in the first sentence by removing the word
``Command'' and adding in its place the word ``Agency''. The revised
text reads as follows:
252.208-1 DD Form 448, Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request.
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(c) * * *
(6) ***
(i) * * *
(A) The resulting contract is not to be paid by the Defense Finance
and Accounting Service; and
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253.213-70 [Amended]
35. Section 253.213-70 is amended in paragraph (e), under the
heading ``BLOCK 19 Schedule of Supplies/Services--'', in the last
sentence of the introductory text, by removing ``DCMC'' and adding in
its place ``the Defense Contract Management Agency''.
36. The note at the end of Part 253 is amended as follows:
a. By removing the entry ``253.303-1348-1'' and adding in its place
the following two new entries:
``253.303-1348-1A--Issue Release/Receipt Document.
253.303-1348-2--Issue Release/Receipt Document with Address Label.'';
and
b. By removing the entry ``253.303-1651''.
Appendix F--Material Inspection and Receiving Report
F-301 [Amended]
37. Appendix F to Chapter 2 is amended in Part 3, Section F-301, as
follows:
a. In paragraph (b)(2)(ii) by removing the parenthetical ``(Block
16(d)(6))'' and
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adding in its place ``(see paragraph (b)(16)(iv)(F) of this section)'';
b. In paragraph (b)(16)(iii) introductory text by removing
``Defense Contract Management Command'' and adding in its place ``the
Defense Contract Management Agency'';
c. In paragraph (b)(21)(ii) by removing ``Command (DCMC)'' and
adding in its place ``Agency (DCMA)''; and
d. In paragraph (b)(21)(iii) in the second sentence and in
paragraphs (b)(21)(iv)(B)(2), (b)(21)(iv)(B)(3), (b)(21)(iv)(D)(1), and
(b)(21)(iv)(D)(2), by removing ``DCMC'' and adding in its place
``DMCA''.
F-401 [Amended]
38. Appendix F to Chapter 2 is amended in Part 4, Section F-401,
under the heading ``Material Inspection and Receiving Report Table 1--
Standard Distribution'', as follows:
a. In the parenthetical beneath the entry ``Contract Administration
Office'', by removing ``DCMD, DCMAO, or a DPRO'' and adding in its
place ``Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) office''; and
b. In the parenthetical beneath the entry ``Payment Office'', in
paragraph (i), by removing ``DCMD or DCMAO'' and adding in its place
``DCMA office''.
Appendix G--Activity Address Numbers
39. Appendix G to Chapter 2 is amended in Part 4 as follows:
a. By removing the entries ``M60050'' and ``M67438'';
b. By revising the entry ``M67400''; and
c. By adding, in alpha-numerical order, a new entry ``M67865''. The
revised and added text reads as follows:
Part 4--Marine Corps Activity Address Numbers
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M67400-QJ
Marine Corps Regional Contracting Office (Far East), Marine Corps
Base Camp Smedley D. Butler, PSC 577, Box 2000, FPO AP, NA 96379-2000
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M67865--J9
Contracting Office, MCAS Miramar (Code 5KB), PO Box 452007, San
Diego, CA 92145-2007
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40. Appendix G to Chapter 2 is amended in Part 5 as follows:
a. In the entry ``F61521'' by removing ``UH, UJ'' and adding in its
place ``UH''; and
b. By adding, in alpha-numerical order, a new entry ``F63197'' to
read as follows:
Part 5--Air Force Activity Address Numbers
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F63197--UJ
731 MUNSS/LGC, Unit 7230, Box 49, Araxos AB APO AE 09843-0049
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