DFARS change notice 20050726.On July 26, 2005, the Office of the Director of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy published the following changes and proposed changes to the Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS DFARS Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement DFARS DoD Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement ). Additional information on these changes can be found at <http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfars/changenotice/index.htm>. Interim Rules Sole Source 8(a) Awards to Small Business Concerns Owned by Native Hawaiian Organizations (DFARS Case 2004-D031) Permits sole source awards to small business concerns owned by Native Hawaiian Organizations, for manufacturing contracts exceeding $5,000,000 and non-manufacturing contracts exceeding $3,000,000 under the 8(a) Program. Competition normally is required for 8(a) awards of these dollar values, except for awards to Indian tribes INDIAN TRIBE. A separate and distinct community or body of the aboriginal Indian race of men found in the United States. 2. Such a tribe, situated within the boundaries of a state, and exercising the powers of government and, sovereignty, under the national or Alaska Native Corporations. This change provides small business concerns owned by Native Hawaiian Organizations the same status that is provided to Indian tribes and Alaska Native Corporations under the 8(a) Program. The change implements provisions of the DoD appropriations acts for fiscal years 2004 and 2005. Business Restructuring Costs-Delegation of Authority to Make Determinations Relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc Payment (DFARS Case 2004-D026) Authorizes the director of the Defense Contract Management Agency to make determinations of savings related to contractor restructuring costs that are expected to be less than $25 million over a 5-year period; removes unnecessary references to requirements for certifications for business combinations that occurred before November 1997; and clarifies requirements for projected restructuring costs and savings to be computed on a present value basis. Implements 10 U.S.C. 2325 as amended by Section 819 of the National Defense Authorization Act The National Defense Authorization Act is the name of a United States federal law that is enacted each fiscal year to specify the budget and expenditures of the United States Department of Defense. for Fiscal Year 2005. Final Rule Berry Amendment The Berry Amendment (USC, Title 10, Section 2533a), requires the Department of Defense to give preference in procurement to domestically produced, manufactured, or home grown products, most notably food, clothing, fabrics, and specialty metals. Memoranda (DFARS Case 2004-D035) Specifies the DoD officials that are authorized to make determinations regarding the nonavailability of domestic items to fulfill DoD requirements; addresses the documentation needed to support such determinations; and requires congressional notification of such determinations that are related to the acquisition of titanium titanium (tītā`nēəm, tĭ–) [from Titan], metallic chemical element; symbol Ti; at. no. 22; at. wt. 47.88; m.p. 1,675°C;; b.p. 3,260°C;; sp. gr. 4.54 at 20°C;; valence +2, +3, or +4. or products containing titanium. Implements policy memoranda issued by the deputy secretary of defense and the under secretary of defense (acquisition, technology, and logistics) on DoD implementation of the domestic source requirements of 10 U.S.C. 2533a (The Berry Amendment). Proposed Rule Transportation (DFARS Case 2003-D028) Proposed change deletes text on transportation matters that are sufficiently addressed in the FAR or in DoD transportation regulations; clarifies requirements for inclusion of shipping instructions in solicitations and contracts; and relocates to PGI PGI Protected Geographical Indication PGI Progiciel de Gestion Intégré (French: Enterprise Resource Planning) PGI Phosphoglucose Isomerase PGI Polish Geological Institute (Warsaw, Poland) , procedures for contracting for the preparation of property for storage or shipment and for the preparation of consignment The delivery of goods to a carrier to be shipped to a designated person for sale. A Bailment of goods for sale. A consignment is an arrangement resulting from a contract in which one person, the consignor, either ships or entrusts goods to another, the instructions. |
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