Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2021-04; Introduction
| Published date | 19 January 2021 |
| Citation | 86 FR 6180 |
| Record Number | 2021-00708 |
| Section | Rules and Regulations |
| Court | General Services Administration,National Aeronautics And Space Administration |
Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 11 (Tuesday, January 19, 2021)
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Chapter 1
[Docket No. FAR-2021-0051, Sequence No. 1]
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular
2021-04; Introduction
AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Summary presentation of final rule.
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SUMMARY: This document summarizes the Federal Acquisition Regulation
(FAR) rule agreed to by the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the
Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) in this Federal
Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2021-04. 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: Ms. Zenaida Delgado, Procurement
Analyst, at 202-969-7207 or [email protected] for clarification
of content. For information pertaining to status or publication
schedules, contact the Regulatory Secretariat Division at 202-501-4755
or [email protected]. Please cite FAC 2021-04, FAR Case 2019-016.
Rules Listed in FAC 2021-04
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Subject FAR case
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Maximizing Use of American-Made Goods, Products and Materials 2019-016
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ADDRESSES: The FAC, including the SECG, is available via the internet
at https://www.regulations.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A summary for the FAR rule follows. For the
actual revisions and/or amendments by this FAR rule, refer to the
specific item numbers and subjects set forth in the documents following
this summary. FAC 2021-04 amends the FAR as follows:
Maximizing Use of American-Made Goods, Products, and Materials (FAR
Case 2019-016)
This final rule strengthens domestic preferences under the Buy
American statute by making adjustments to the required percentage of
domestic content and the existing percentages for the price evaluation
preferences in an effort to decrease the amount of foreign-sourced
content in a U.S. manufactured product to promote economic and national
security, help stimulate economic growth, and create jobs. The price
evaluation preferences increase from 6 percent to 20 percent for large
business and from 12 percent to 30 percent for small business; for DoD
procurements there is no change to the DoD 50 percent amount. The
domestic content requirement for iron and steel increases from 50
percent to 95 percent; for other end products and construction
materials, the domestic content requirement increases from 50 percent
to 55 percent. Foreign iron and steel is iron or steel products that
are not produced in the United States. The rule implements E.O. 13881,
Maximizing Use of American-Made Goods, Products, and Materials. This
final rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities.
William F. Clark,
Director, Office of Government-wide Acquisition Policy, Office of
Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy.
Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2021-04 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 2021-04 is
effective January 19, 2021.
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.
William G. Roets, II,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Procurement, National
Aeronautics and Space Administration.
[FR Doc. 2021-00708 Filed 1-15-21; 8:45 am]
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