Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS) Change Notice 20050930.DoD published the following DFARS DFARS Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement DFARS DoD Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement changes on Sept. 30, 2005. Link to the Federal Register notices for these changes through the following Web site: <http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfars/changeriotice/index.htm>. Interim Rule PROHIBITION OF FOREIGN TAXATION ON U.S. ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS (DFARS CASE 2004-D012) Implements a statutory prohibition on foreign taxation under contracts funded by U.S. assistance programs. Foreign governments receiving U.S. assistance are prohibited from imposing taxes on commodities acquired under contracts funded by such U.S. assistance. The interim rule addresses the responsibilities of the contractor and the contracting officer A US military officer or civilian employee who has a valid appointment as a contracting officer under the provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. The individual has the authority to enter into and administer contracts and determinations as well as findings about such contracts. regarding this prohibition. Final Rules EXTENSION OF PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT-8(A) PROGRAM (DFARS CASE 2005-D020) Reflects the extension of the partnership agreement that permits DoD to award contracts to eligible 8(a) Program participants on behalf of the Small Business Administration. The expiration date Expiration Date The day on which an options or futures contract is no longer valid and, therefore, ceases to exist. Notes: The expiration date for all listed stock options in the U.S. of the agreement has been extended to Sept. 30, 2006. DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY Noun 1. Defense Logistics Agency - a logistics combat support agency in the Department of Defense; provides worldwide support for military missions Defense Department, Department of Defense, DoD, United States Department of Defense, Defense - the federal department WAIVER AUTHORITY (DFARS CASE 2005-D019) Authorizes the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA DLA dog leukocyte antigen. ) Component Acquisition Executive to waive To intentionally or voluntarily relinquish a known right or engage in conduct warranting an inference that a right has been surrendered. For example, an individual is said to waive the right to bring a tort action when he or she renounces the remedy provided by law for such domestic source restrictions on the acquisition of ball and roller bearings roller bearing One of the two types of rolling, or antifriction, bearings, the other being the ball bearing. Like a ball bearing, a roller bearing has two grooved tracks, but the balls are replaced by rollers. The rollers may be cylinders or shortened cones. , when adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet DoD requirements on a timely basis. The authority provided to DLA is in addition to the authority already provided to the military departments for such waivers. QUALITY CONTROL OF AVIATION CRITICAL SAFETY ITEMS A part, assembly, installation, or production system with one or more essential characteristics that, if not conforming to the design data or quality requirements, would result in an unsafe condition that could cause loss or serious damage to the end item or major components, loss of AND RELATED SERVICES (DFARS CASE 2003-D101) Finalizes, with changes, the interim rule published in DFARS Change Notice 20040917 to implement statutory requirements for quality control in the procurement, modification, repair, and overhaul of aviation critical safety items. The changes in the final rule clarify that the head of the design control activity is responsible for identifying items that meet the criteria for designation as aviation critical safety items and that the head of the design control activity may delegate authority for acceptance of minor nonconformances in aviation critical safety items. CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION The Central Contractor Registration (CCR) is the primary supplier database for the U.S. Federal government. The CCR collects data from suppliers, validates and stores this data, and disseminates it to various government acquisition agencies. (DFARS CASE 2003-D040) Finalizes, with changes, the interim rule published in DFARS Change Notice 20031114 to eliminate policy on central contractor registration that duplicated policy added to the Federal Acquisition Regulation. The changes in the final rule clarify that contracting activities must include the contractor's Commercial and Government Entity code, instead of the DUNS number, on contractual documents transmitted to the payment office. ADVISORY AND ASSISTANCE SERVICES (DFARS CASE 2003-D042) Deletes obsolete/unnecessary text on the acquisition of advisory/assistance services; 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) , a list of DoD publications that govern the conduct of audits. DFARS CHANGE NOTICE 20051011 On Oct. 11, 2005, the Office of the Director of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy published the following change to the Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS). Additional information on this change can be found at <http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfars/changenotice/index.htm>. Final Rule PAYMENT AND BILLING INSTRUCTIONS (DFARS CASE 2003-D009) Improves procedures for payment and billing under DoD contracts. The revisions include: (1) addition of a contract clause addressing line item information needed in contractor payment requests; (2) amendment of material inspection and receiving report requirements to update invoice instructions; and (3) relocation of text addressing distribution of contracts and numbering of contract line items to PGI. In addition, to eliminate the need for non-standard local payment clauses, a list of standard payment instructions has been added to PGI for use in Section G of the contract. |
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