Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2022-02; Introduction

AGENCY:

Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION:

Summary presentation of final rules.

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) 2022-02. 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 GSARegSec@gsa.gov.

ADDRESSES:

The FAC, including the SECG, is available via the internet at https://www.regulations.gov.

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 2022-02 amends the FAR as follows:

Item I—Update to Certain Online References in the FAR (FAR Case 2021-003)

This final rule amends the FAR to replace FAR references to Federal Business Opportunities ( FBO.gov ) and Wage Determinations Online ( WDOL.gov ) websites with references to the System for Award Management ( SAM.gov ) website because of their integration with and the increased functionality of SAM.gov . The rule is administrative in nature as it simply replaces website references.

Item II—Technical Amendments

Editorial changes are made at FAR 52.216-5, 52.216-6, 52.216-16, and 52.216-17.

Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2022-02 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 2022-02 is effective December 15, 2021 except for Items I and II, which are effective January 14, 2022.

John M. Tenaglia,

Principal Director, Defense Pricing and Contracting, 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, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.