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Part III
Department of Defense
General Services Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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48 CFR Chapter 1, et al.
Federal Acquisition Regulations; Interim Rules
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Chapter 1
Federal Acquisition Circular 97-25; Introduction
AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Summary presentation of interim rules.
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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) 97-25. A companion document, the Small Entity Compliance
Guide (SECG), follows this FAC. The FAC, including the SECG, is
available via the Internet at http://www.arnet.gov/far.
DATES: For effective dates and comment dates, see separate documents
which follow.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The FAR Secretariat, Room 4035, GS
Building, Washington, DC 20405, (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 97-25 and
specific FAR case number(s). Interested parties may also visit our
website at http://www.arnet.gov/far.
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Item Subject FAR case Analyst
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I..................................... Preference for Performance- 2000-307 Wise.
Based Contracting.
II.................................... Contractor Personnel in the 2000-609 Nelson.
Procurement of Information
Technology Services.
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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.
Federal Acquisition Circular 97-25 amends the FAR as specified
below:
ITEM I--Preference for Performance-Based Contracting (FAR Case
2000-307)
This interim rule amends FAR 2.101, Definitions, and 37.102,
Policy, to implement Section 821 of the Floyd D. Spence National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Public Law 106-398).
The rule affects contracting officers that buy services by explicitly
establishing a preference for performance-based contracts or task
orders.
Item II--Contractor Personnel in the Procurement of Information
Technology Services (FAR Case 2000-609)
This interim rule adds FAR 39.104 to implement Section 813 of the
Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001
(Public Law 106-398). Section 813 prohibits the use of minimum
experience or education requirements for contractor personnel in
solicitations for the acquisition of information technology services,
unless--
1. The contracting officer first determines that the needs of the
agency cannot be met without such requirement; or
2. The needs of the agency require the use of a type of contract
other than a performance-based contract.
Dated: April 27, 2001.
Al Matera,
Director, Acquisition Policy Division.
Federal Acquisition Circular
Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 97-25 is issued under the
authority of the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of General
Services, and the Administration for the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
All Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) changes and other
directive materal contained in FAC 97-25 are effective May 2, 2001.
April 5, 2001.
David A. Drabkin,
Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Acquisition Policy,
General Services Administration.
Dated: April 25, 2001.
Deidre A. Lee,
Director, Defense Procurement.
April 6, 2001.
Tom Luedtke,
Associate Administrator for Procurement, National Aereonautics and
Space Administration.
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