18324 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 63 / Friday, April 1, 2011 / Rules and Regulations 

[FR Doc. 2011–7369 Filed 3–31–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

48 CFR Chapter 1 

[Docket FAR 2011–0077, Sequence 3] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Federal Acquisition Circular 2005–51; 

Small Entity Compliance Guide 

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Small Entity Compliance Guide. 

SUMMARY: This document is issued 

under the joint authority of DOD, GSA, 

and NASA. This Small Entity 

Compliance Guide has been prepared in 

accordance with section 212 of the 

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996. It consists of a 

summary of rules appearing in Federal 

Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005–51, 

which amend the Federal Acquisition 

Regulation (FAR). An asterisk (*) next to 

a rule indicates that a regulatory 

flexibility analysis has been prepared. 

Interested parties may obtain further 

information regarding these rules by 

referring to FAC 2005–51, which 

precedes this document. These 

documents are also available via the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

DATES: For effective dates see separate 

documents, which follow. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

analyst whose name appears in the table 

below. Please cite FAC 2005–51 and the 

specific FAR case number. For 

information pertaining to status or 

publication schedules, contact the 

Regulatory Secretariat at (202) 501– 

4755. 

LIST OF RULES IN FAC 2005–51 

Item Subject FAR case Analyst 

*I ....................................... Women-Owned Small Business Program (Interim) (WOSB) ................................ 2010–015 Morgan. 

II ........................................ Clarification of Standard Form 26—Award/Contract ............................................. 2009–029 Jackson. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summaries for each FAR rule follow. 

For the actual revisions and/or 

amendments made by these FAR cases, 

refer to the specific item numbers and 

subject set forth in the documents 

following these item summaries. FAC 

2005–51 amends the FAR as specified 

below: 

Item I—Women-Owned Small Business 

(WOSB) Program (FAR Case 2010–015) 

(Interim) 

This interim rule amends the FAR to 

add subpart 19.15, Women-Owned 

Small Business Program, which will 

assist Federal agencies in achieving the 

5 percent statutory goal for contracting 

with women-owned small business 

(WOSB) concerns. 

Agencies may restrict competition to 

economically disadvantaged womenowned small business (EDWOSB) 

concerns for contracts assigned a North 

American Industry Classification 

Systems (NAICS) code in an industry in 

which the Small Business 

Administration has determined that 

WOSB concerns are underrepresented 

in Federal procurement. For NAICS 

code industries where WOSB concerns 

are not just underrepresented, but 

substantially underrepresented, 

agencies may restrict competition to 

WOSB concerns eligible under the 

WOSB Program. 

EDWOSB concerns and WOSB 

concerns eligible under the WOSB 

Program must be owned and controlled 

by one or more women who are citizens 

of the United States. An EDWOSB 

concern is automatically a WOSB 

concern eligible under the WOSB 

Program. 

Item II—Clarification of Standard Form 

26—Award/Contract (FAR Case 2009– 

029) 

This final rule amends the FAR to 

revise FAR part 53 to amend the 

Standard Form (SF) 26, Award/Contract, 

above blocks 17 and 18 and in block 18 

to clarify that block 18 should not be 

used when awarding a negotiated 

procurement and should only be 

checked when awarding a sealed bid 

contract. The changes will not prevent 

contracting officers from using block 17 

of the SF 26 when awarding negotiated 

procurements in which the signature of 

both parties, on a single document, is 

required; it will only prohibit them from 

using block 18 of the SF 26 when 

awarding negotiated procurements. 

Dated: March 24, 2011. 

Millisa Gary, 

Acting Director, Office of Governmentwide 

Acquisition Policy. 

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