Limitations on Procurements with Non-Defense Agencies (DFARS Case 2009-D027)

Summary:

DCN 20110222 adopts without change an interim rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement section 806 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010. Section 806 authorizes an agency that is an element of the intelligence community to award a contract for supplies or services in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold for the performance of a joint program conducted to meet the needs of DoD and the non-DoD agency.

Supplementary Information:

I. Background

DoD published an interim rule at 75 FR 32639 on June 8, 2010, to implement section 806 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Pub. L. 111-84), providing limitations on procurements with non-Defense agencies. The public comment period closed August 9, 2010.

No comments were received in response to the interim rule.

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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