General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); Technical Amendments

AGENCY:

Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration (GSA).

ACTION:

Final rule.

SUMMARY:

General Services Administration (GSA) is amending the General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) to make editorial changes. This technical amendment includes updating references and links, as well as deleting repetitive information that is covered elsewhere within the General Services Administration Acquisition Manual (GSAM). Changes incorporate both internal acquisition guidance, and the regulatory acquisition policies.

DATES:

Effective: January 13, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Leah Price, Procurement Analyst, by phone at 703-605-2558, or email at leah.price@gsa.gov for clarification of content. For information pertaining to the status or publication schedules, contact the Regulatory Secretariat Division at 202-501-4755. Please cite GSAR-TA-01; Technical Amendments.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

GSA is amending the GSAR to make editorial changes throughout the GSAM. There are no significant content changes resulting from this technical amendment.

Outdated references and links have been updated. Throughout multiple GSAM parts, the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) and the Excluded Parties List System (EPLS) have been changed to System for Award Management (SAM). This follows similar Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) updates resulting from FAR Case 2012-033, for which a final rule was published in the Federal Register at 78 FR 37676 on June 21, 2013. Commerce Business Daily has also been replaced with its successor system, FedBizOpps. Multiple Web page links have also been updated, as have organizational references.

Repetitive information has been removed from the GSAM. Definitions for certain terms have been deleted from their respective sections because these definitions have been added to the non-regulatory portion of the GSAM at Part 502 as a result of GSAR Case 2013-G503.

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Parts 501, 504, 509, 519, 522, 536, 537, 552, and 570

• Government procurement

Therefore, GSA amends 48 CFR parts 501, 504, 509, 519, 522, 536, 537, 552, and 570 as set forth below:

PART 501—GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION ACQUISITION REGULATION SYSTEM

1. The authority citation for 48 CFR part 501 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c).

2. Amend section 501.403 by removing from paragraph (c) “SPE (V)” and adding “SPE (MV)” in its place.

3. Amend section 501.404 by removing from paragraph (c) “SPE (V)” and adding “SPE (MV)” in its place.

PART 504—ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

4. The authority citation for 48 CFR part 504 is revised to read as follows:

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c).

5. Amend section 504.1103 by—

a. Redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as paragraphs (a) through (d), respectively;

b. Revising the newly redesignated paragraph (a); and

c. Removing from newly redesignated paragraphs (b) and (d) “CCR” wherever it appears and adding “SAM” in their places, respectively.

The revision reads as follows:

6. The authority citation for 48 CFR parts 509, 519, and 522 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c).

PART 509—CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS

7. Amend section 509.105-2 in paragraph (c) by removing “the Chief Acquisition Officer” and adding “Acquisition Policy” in its place.

8. Amend section 509.403 by removing the Definitions “Debarring official” and “Suspending official”.

9. Amend section 509.405-1 by—

a. Removing from paragraph (a), introductory text, “on the current EPLS” and adding “as a current exclusion in the System for Award Management (SAM)” in its place;

b. Removing from paragraph (b), introductory text, “on the current EPLS” and adding “as a current exclusion in the SAM”; and

c. Removing from paragraph (c) “GSA Suspension and Debarment Official” and adding “Senior Procurement Executive” in its place.

10. Amend section 509.405-2 by removing “GSA Suspension and Debarment Official” and adding “Senior Procurement Executive” in its place.

PART 519—SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS

11. Amend section 519.7006 by removing from paragraph (b) “in the “Excluded Parties List System”)” and adding “as an exclusion in the System for Award Management (SAM))” in its place.

12. Amend section 519.7007 by—

a. Removing from paragraph (a)(3) “in the “Excluded Parties List System”)” and adding “as an exclusion in the (SAM))” in its place; and

b. Removing from paragraph (b) “Central Contractor Registration (CCR) at www.ccr.gov ” and adding “SAM at www.sam.gov ” in its place.

PART 522—APPLICATION OF LABOR LAWS TO GOVERNMENT ACQUISITIONS

13. Remove section 522.001.

14. Amend section 522.804-2 by revising the fourth and fifth sentence to read as follows:

15. Amend section 522.805 by—

a. Removing from paragraph (b) “ http://www.dol.gov/esa/contacts/ofccp/ofcpkeyp.htm ” and adding “ http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/contacts/ofnation2.htm ” in its place; and

b. Removing from paragraph (c) “ http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf ” and adding “ http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm ” in its place.

PART 536—CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS

16. The authority citation for 48 CFR part 536 is revised to read as follows:

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c).

17. Amend section 536.602-1 by removing from paragraph (b), introductory text, and paragraph (d) “Commerce Business Daily” and adding “FedBizOpps” in their places, respectively.

18. The authority citation for 48 CFR parts 537 and 552 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c).

PART 537—SERVICE CONTRACTING

19. Amend section 537.110 by removing from paragraph (a) “Ability One” and adding “AbilityOne” in its place.

PART 552—SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES

20. Amend section 552.215-70 by removing “514.201-7(b) and” from the introductory text.

21. Amend section 552.216-72 by—

a. Revising the date of clause; and

b. Removing from paragraph (g), “(QI), 2100 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202, Telephone: (703) 605-9444” and adding “(I). Contact information can be found at: http://www.gsa.gov/portal/category/21404” in its place.

The revision reads as follows:

22. Amend section 552.216-74 by—

a. Revising the date of the clause;

b. Redesignating the undesignated paragraphs as (a) through (c), respectively; and

c. Revising the newly redesignated paragraph (c).

The revisions read as follows:

23. Amend section 552.228-5 by—

a. Revising the date of clause; and

b. Removing from paragraph (a) “52.528-5” and adding “52.228-5” in its place.

The revision reads as follows:

24. Amend section 552.232-1 by removing from the introductory text “532.7104” and adding “532.908(a)” in its place.

25. Amend section 552.238-74 by—

a. Revising the date of the clause; and

b. Removing from paragraph (a)(5) “ http://www.fms.treas.gov/intn.html” and adding “ http://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/fsreports/rpt/treasRptRateExch/treasRptRateExch_home.htm” in its place.

The revision reads as follows:

PART 570—ACQUIRING LEASEHOLD INTERESTS IN REAL PROPERTY

26. The authority citation for 48 CFR part 570 is revised to read as follows:

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c).

27. Amend section 570.102, by removing from the Definition “Small business” “ http://www.sba.gov/size/sizetable_2002.html” and adding “ https://www.sba.gov/content/small-business-size-standards” in its place.

28. Amend section 570.108 by removing from paragraph (a) “the Excluded Parties List System (EPLS)” and adding “exclusions in the System for Award Management (SAM)” in its place.

29. Amend section 570.701, in the table, by revising paragraphs (a), (b), (f), (j), and (k) to read as follows: