Rule2024-29372
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-02; Introduction
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December 16, 2024
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Abstract
This document summarizes the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rules agreed to by the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) in this Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2025-02. A companion document, the Small Entity Compliance Guide (SECG), follows this FAC.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 241 (Monday, December 16, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29372]
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Vol. 89
Monday,
No. 241
December 16, 2024
Part IV
Department of Defense
General Services Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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48 CFR Chapter 1
Federal Acquisition Regulations; Final Rules
Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 241 / Monday, December 16, 2024 /
Rules and Regulations
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Chapter 1
[Docket No. FAR-2024-0051, Sequence No. 7]
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular
2025-02; Introduction
AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Summary presentation of final 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 (Councils) in this Federal
Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2025-02. A companion document, the Small
Entity Compliance Guide (SECG), follows this FAC.
DATES: For effective dates see the separate documents, which follow.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The analyst whose name appears in the
table below in relation to the FAR case. For information pertaining to
status or publication schedules, contact the Regulatory Secretariat
Division at 202-501-4755 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bafde9fbe8dfdde9dfd9faddc9db94ddd5cc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1b5c485a497e7c487e785b7c687a357c746d">[email protected]</span></a>.
Rules Listed in FAC 2025-02
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Item Subject FAR case Analyst
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I............................... Training to Prevent Human 2019-017 Jones.
Trafficking For Certain Air
Carriers.
II.............................. Certification of Service- 2022-009 Moore.
Disabled Veteran-Owned
Small Businesses.
III............................. Technical Amendments........
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ADDRESSES: The FAC, including the SECG, is available at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Summaries for each FAR rule follow. For the
actual revisions and/or amendments made by these FAR rules, refer to
the specific item numbers and subjects set forth in the documents
following these item summaries. FAC 2025-02 amends the FAR as follows:
Item I--Training To Prevent Human Trafficking For Certain Air Carriers
(FAR Case 2019-017)
This final rule amends the FAR to implement section 111 of the
Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection
Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-425), enacted January 8, 2019.
Section 111 requires that domestic carriers who contract with the
Federal Government to provide air transportation submit an annual
report with certain information related to prevention of human
trafficking to the Administrator of General Services, the Secretary of
Transportation, the Secretary of Labor, the Administrator of the
Transportation Security Administration, and the Commissioner of U.S.
Customs and Border Protection. Section 111 does not apply to contracts
awarded by the Department of Defense.
This rule creates a new contract clause at FAR 52.247-69, Reporting
Requirement for U.S.-Flag Air Carriers Regarding Training to Prevent
Human Trafficking, to implement the statutory reporting requirement.
Contracting officers will include this clause in solicitations and
contracts for the transportation by air of passengers. The reporting
requirement applies to U.S.-flag air carriers, including small business
air carriers. The final rule is not expected to have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities within the
meaning of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
Item II--Certification of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small
Businesses (FAR Case 2022-009)
This FAR rule adopts, without change, an interim rule that amended
the FAR to implement the Governmentwide certification requirement for
service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) concerns seeking
sole-source and set-aside awards under the SDVOSB Program. Effective
January 1, 2024, an SDVOSB concern must have either been certified by
the Small Business Administration (SBA), or have both submitted an
application for certification to SBA on or before December 31, 2023,
and represented that it is an SDVOSB in the System for Award Management
(SAM), in order to be eligible for sole-source or set-aside awards
under the SDVOSB Program. This rule required that an SDVOSB concern
update its status in SAM no later than two days after the date of a
final determination that the concern does not meet the requirements of
the status the concern claims to hold. This rule also provided new
SDVOSB protest and appeal procedures.
Item III--Technical Amendments
Administrative changes are made at FAR 13.302-5, 25.101, 36.603,
49.601-2, 52.204-2, 52.204-7, 52.204-8, 52.204-19, 52.212-5, 52.225-3,
52.225-4, and 52.225-18.
William F. Clark,
Director, Office of Government-wide Acquisition Policy, Office of
Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy.
Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2025-02 is issued under the
authority of the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of General
Services, and the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space
Administration.
Unless otherwise specified, all Federal Acquisition Regulation
(FAR) and other directive material contained in FAC 2025-02 is
effective December 16, 2024 except for Items I and III, which are
effective January 3, 2025.
John M. Tenaglia,
Principal Director, Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition
Policy, Department of Defense.
Jeffrey A. Koses,
Senior Procurement Executive/Deputy CAO, Office of Acquisition
Policy, U.S. General Services Administration.
Karla Smith Jackson,
Assistant Administrator for Procurement, Senior Procurement
Executive/Deputy CAO, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-29372 Filed 12-13-24; 8:45 am]
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