Rules and Regulations. Small Entity Compliance Guide
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BILLING CODE 6820-EP-P DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 48 CFR Chapter 1 [Docket No. FAR 2019-0002, Sequence No. 3] Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2019-04; Small Entity Compliance Guide AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). ACTION: Small Entity Compliance Guide. SUMMARY: This document is issued under the joint authority of DOD, GSA, and NASA.
This *Small Entity Compliance Guide* has been prepared in accordance with section 212 of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996. It consists of a summary of the rules appearing in Federal Acquisition Circular
(FAC)2019-04, which amends the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). An asterisk (*) next to a rule indicates that a regulatory flexibility analysis has been prepared. Interested parties may obtain further information regarding these rules by referring to FAC 2019-04, which precedes this document. These documents are also available via the internet at *http://www.regulations.gov.* DATES: August 7, 2019. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For clarification of content, contact the analyst whose name appears in the table below. Please cite FAC 2019-04 and the FAR Case number. For information pertaining to status or publication schedules, contact the Regulatory Secretariat Division at 202-501-4755. Rules Listed in FAC 2019-04 Item Subject FAR case Analyst I * Ombudsman for Indefinite-Delivery Contracts 2017-020 Jackson. II Technical Amendments SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Summaries for each FAR rule follow. For the actual revisions and/or amendments made by these rules, refer to the specific item numbers and subjects set forth in the documents following these item summaries. FAC 2019-04 amends the FAR as follows: Item I—Ombudsman for Indefinite-Delivery Contracts (FAR Case 2017-020) DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation
(FAR)to implement a new clause for use in multiple-award indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity
(IDIQ)contracts that identifies the agency task-order and delivery-order ombudsman's responsibilities and contact information. This rule implements a standardized method to provide the requisite information to contractors via a single contract clause for use by all agencies. This rule intends to minimize the impact on contractors resulting from the variety of ways in which task-order and delivery-order ombudsman information is communicated by agencies. Item II—Technical Amendments Editorial changes are made at FAR 1.201-1 and 52.246-21. Janet M. Fry, Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of Government-wide Policy. [FR Doc. 2019-16408 Filed 8-6-19; 8:45 am]