[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 110 (Friday, June 6, 2008)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 32276-32277]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12571]
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Parts 537 and 552
[GSAR Case 2008-G510; Docket 2008-0007; Sequence 4]
RIN 3090-AI54
General Services Acquisition Regulation; GSAR Case 2008-G510;
Rewrite of GSAR Part 537, Service Contracting
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Acquisition Officer, General Services
Administration (GSA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The General Services Administration (GSA) is proposing to
amend the General Services Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) to revise
sections of the GSAR that pertains to requirements for service
contracting.
DATES: Interested parties should submit written comments to the
Regulatory Secretariat on or before August 5, 2008 to be considered in
the formulation of a final rule.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by GSAR Case 2008-G510 by any of
the following methods:
Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov. Submit
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by inputting ``GSAR Case
2008-G510'' under the heading ``Comment or Submission''. Select the
link ``Send a Comment or Submission'' that corresponds with GSAR Case
2008-G510. Follow the instructions provided to complete the ``Public
Comment and Submission Form''. Please include your name, company name
(if any), and ``GSAR Case 2008-G510'' on your attached document.
Fax: 202-501-4067.
Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory
Secretariat (VPR), 1800 F Street, NW, Room 4041, ATTN: Laurieann
Duarte, Washington, DC 20405.
Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite GSAR Case 2008-
G510 in all correspondence related to this case. All comments received
will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including
any personal and/or business confidential information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT For clarification of content, contact
Mr. Michael O. Jackson at (202) 208-4949. For information pertaining to
the status or publication schedules, contact the Regulatory Secretariat
(VPR), Room 4041, GS Building, Washington, DC 20405, (202) 501-4755.
Please cite GSAR Case 2008-G510.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Background
The General Services Administration (GSA) is amending the General
Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) to revise
sections of GSAR Part 537 that provide requirements for service
contracting.
This rule is a result of the General Services Administration
Acquisition Manual (GSAM) rewrite initiative undertaken by GSA to
revise the GSAM to maintain consistency with the FAR and to implement
streamlined and innovative acquisition procedures that contractors,
offerors, and GSA contracting personnel can utilize when entering into
and administering contractual relationships. The GSAM incorporates the
General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) as well
as internal agency acquisition policy.
GSA will rewrite each part of the GSAR and GSAM, and as each GSAR
part is rewritten, will publish it in the Federal Register.
This rule covers the rewrite of GSAR Part 537. The rule revises 537
to address the text at GSAR 537.101, Definitions; 537.110 Solicitation
provisions and contract clauses; provision 552.237-70, Qualifications
of Offerors; and clause 552.237-73, Restriction on Disclosure of
Information. The language in 537.101, Definitions, is removed from
inclusion in the GSAR. This language clarifies the definition for
``contracts for building services'' for contracting officers, therefore
this language is being incorporated as non-regulatory GSAM language.
GSAR clauses 552.237-71, Qualifications of Employees and 552.237-72,
Prohibition Regarding ``Quasi-Military Armed Forces'' are retained with
no changes.
Discussion of Comments
There were no public comments received in response to the Advanced
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
This is not a significant regulatory action and, therefore, was not
subject to review under Section 6(b) of Executive Order 12866,
Regulatory Planning and Review, dated September 30, 1993. This rule is
not a major rule under 5 U.S.C. 804.
B. Regulatory Flexibility Act
The General Services Administration does not expect this proposed
rule to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of
small entities within the meaning of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5
U.S.C. 601, et seq., because the revisions are not considered
substantive. The revisions only update and reorganize existing
coverage. An Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis has, therefore,
not been performed. We invite comments from small businesses and other
interested parties. GSA will consider comments from small entities
concerning the affected GSAR Parts 537 and 552 in accordance with 5
U.S.C. 610. Interested parties must submit such comments separately and
should cite 5 U.S.C. 601, et seq. (GSAR case 2008-G510), in all
correspondence.
C. Paperwork Reduction Act
The Paperwork Reduction Act does apply; however, these changes to
the GSAR do not impose additional information collection requirements
to the paperwork burden previously approved under OMB Control Number
3090-0027.
List of Subjects in 48 CFR Parts 537 and 552
Government procurement.
Dated: May 30, 2008.
Al Matera,
Director, Office of Acquisition Policy.
Therefore, GSA proposes to amend 48 CFR parts 537 and 552 as set
forth below:
1. The authority citation for 48 CFR parts 537 and 552 continues to
read as follows:
Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c).
PART 537--SERVICE CONTRACTING
537.101 [Removed]
2. Remove section 537.101.
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537.110 [Amended]
3. Amend section 537.110 by removing from paragraph (a)
``initiated'' and adding ``initiated with Ability One'' in its place.
PART 552--SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES
552.237-70 [Amended]
4. Amend section 552.237-70 by revising the date of the provision
to read ``(Date)''; and removing from paragraph (a) ``In order to'' and
adding ``To'' in its place.
552.237-73 [Amended]
5. Amend 552.237-73 by revising the date of the clause to read
``(Date)''; and removing from paragraph (b) ``individual'' and adding
``entity'' in its place.
[FR Doc. E8-12571 Filed 6-5-08; 8:45 am]
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