Definition of Multiple-Award Contract (DFARS Case 2011-D016)

Summary:

DCN 20110427 includes a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to revise the definition of multiple-award contract.

Supplementary Information:

I.  Background

This DFARS case is amending the definition of "multiple-award contract" at DFARS 207.170-2. The revised DFARS language is correcting previous imprecision in implementing the statute. No policy or substantive changes are made. The final rule amendments are made to correct the current definition by--

•  Deleting "Orders placed using" to reflect that the multiple-award contract is the basic schedule contract, and not the individual orders placed under it;

•  Adding "or Department of Veterans Affairs" to correctly reflect the agencies that have statutory authority to issue schedule contracts; and

•  Adding hyphens where appropriate for unit modifiers.

DoD has issued a final rule because this change does not have a significant effect beyond the internal operating procedures of DoD and does not have a significant cost or administrative impact on contractors or offerors. Therefore, public comment is not required in accordance with 41 U.S.C 1707.

Dates:

The Effective Date for this final rule is 27 April 2011.

Click here to read the entire Federal Register notice for this rule.