Acquisition Management System: Procurement contracts and screening information requests, etc.; change 12 of standard clauses; availability,

[Federal Register: July 1, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 126)]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Announcement of the June 1999 Federal Aviation Administration Change 12 of the Standard Clauses

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces the availability of the June 1999 Change 12 of the standard clauses used in FAA procurement contracts and Screening Information Requests (SIR), as well as the latest versions of the real property and utility clauses.

ADDRESSES: The complete text of the June 1999 FAA Change 12 of the standard clauses and the latest versions of the real property and utility clauses are available on the Internet at http://fast.faa.gov/. Use of the Internet World Wide Web Site is strongly encouraged for access to copies of the FAA Acquisition Management System and the current clauses. If Internet service is not available, requests for copies of these documents may be made to the following address: FAA Acquisition Reform, ASU-100, Rm. 438, 800 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20591.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yvonne Joseph, Procurement Management Branch, Federal Aviation Administration, Rm. 435, 800 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20591, (202) 267-8638.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 31, 1995, Congress passed an Act Making Appropriations for the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies, for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 1996, and for Other Purposes (The 1996 DOT Appropriations Act). On November 15, 1995, the President signed this bill into law. In Section 348 of this law, Congress directed the Administrator of the FAA to develop and implement a new acquisition management system that addresses the unique needs of the agency. The new FAA Acquisition Management System went into effect on April 1, 1996 (see Notice of availability at 61 FR 15155 (April 4, 1996)).

The Air Traffic Management System Performance Improvement Act of 1996, title II of the Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-264, October 9, 1996, expanded the procurement reforms previously authorized by the 1996 DOT Appropriations Act. Amendment 01 implements title II and makes other necessary changes to, and clarifications of, the FAA Acquisition Management System.

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 18, 1999. Deborah W. Wilson, Acting Director of Acquisitions, ASU-1.

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