Publication of Notification of Bundling of Contracts of the Department of Defense (DFARS Case 2009-D033)
Summary:
DCN 20110222 adopts as final, without change, an interim rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement the Fiscal Year 2010 National Defense Authorization Act, section 820, entitled "Publication of Notification of Bundling of Contracts of the Department of Defense".
Supplementary Information:
I. Background
DoD published an interim rule at 75 FR 40714 on July 13, 2010, to implement section 820 of the Fiscal Year 2010 National Defense Authorization Act (Pub. L. 111-84), enacted October 28, 2009. The period for public comment closed on September 13, 2010.
The interim rule added a requirement at DFARS 205.205-70 to publish a notification of the intention to bundle a DoD procurement at least 30 days prior to (1) the release of a solicitation or (2) placing an order without a solicitation. This notification requirement is in addition to the existing requirements for market research at DFARS 210.001 when an acquisition could lead to a consolidation of contract requirements (see DFARS 210.001(c)(2)).
DoD received no comments on the proposed rule. Therefore, DoD is finalizing the interim rule without change.
Dates:
The Effective Date for this final rule is 22 February 2011.
Click here to read the entire Federal Register notice for this rule.
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