36642 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 112 / Friday, June 9, 2000 / Rules and Regulations

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL

DEVELOPMENT

48 CFR Parts 715 and 742

[AIDAR Circular 00–1]

RIN 0412–AA44

Contractor Performance Evaluation

AGENCY: Agency for International

Development.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Agency for

International Development is amending

the USAID Acquisition Regulation

(AIDAR) to implement its contractor

performance evaluation system as a

subscriber to the National Institutes of

Health (NIH) Contractor Performance

System.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 10, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: M/

OP/P, Mr. Kenneth Monsess, U.S.

Agency for International Development

(USAID), 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20523. Telephone:

(202) 712–4913. E-mail:

partperformance@usaid.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

AIDAR is being amended to implement

USAID’s adoption of the NIH Contractor

Performance System. As a corollary to

the implementation of this system,

USAID has authorized a deviation to the

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

to:

1. recognize that USAID personal

services contractors are Government

personnel with respect to the restriction

on the disclosure of contractor

performance information in FAR

42.1503(b) when such access is required

in the performance of their duties as

contracting office personnel and/or in

their participation on source evaluation

panels; and

2. exempt USAID personal services

contracts from the FAR 42.1502(a)

requirement for preparing contractor

performance evaluations.

The changes made by this Notice are

administrative and not considered major

rules as defined by E.O. 12866. This

Notice will neither impact a substantial

number of small entities, nor establish

an information collection as

contemplated by the Regulatory

Flexibility Act and the Paperwork

Reduction Act. Because of the nature of

this Notice, use of the proposed rule/

public comment approach was not

considered necessary. USAID has

decided to issue this Notice as a final

rule; however, the Agency welcomes

public comment on the material covered

by this Notice or any part of the AIDAR

at any time. Comments or questions may

be addressed as specified in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of

the preamble.

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Parts 715 and

742

Government procurement.

Accordingly, for the reasons set out in

the preamble, 48 CFR Chapter 7 is

amended as follows:

1. The authority citations in Parts 715

and 742 continue to read as follows:

Authority: Sec. 621, Pub. L. 87–195, 75

Stat. 445, (22 U.S.C. 2381) as amended; E.O.

12163, Sept. 29, 1979, 44 FR 56673; 3 CFR,

1979 Comp., p. 435.

SUBCHAPTER C—CONTRACTING

METHODS AND CONTRACT TYPES

PART 715—CONTRACTING BY

NEGOTIATION

Subpart 715.3—Source Selection

2. In Section 715.305, paragraph (a) is

added to read as follows:

715.305 Proposal evaluation.

(a)(1) [Reserved].

(2) USAID shall use the information

on offerors made available from the NIH

Contractor Performance System to

evaluate past performance. (Access to

the system by USAID contracting office

personnel is authorized by the USAID

Past Performance Coordinator, E-mail

address: AIDNET: Past

Performance@op.spu@aidw/Internet:

pastperformance@usaid.gov.)

* * * * *

AIDAR Subchapter G—Contract

Management

PART 742—CONTRACT

ADMINISTRATION

3. Subpart 742.15 is added to read as

follows:

Subpart 742.15—Contractor Performance

Information

Sec.

742.1501 [Reserved]

742.1502 Policy.

742.1503 Procedures.

Subpart 742.15—Contractor

Performance Information

742.1501 [Reserved]

742.1502 Policy.

(a) USAID contracting officers shall

report contractor performance

information at least annually,

employing the procedures prescribed by

the NIH Contractor Performance System.

(Access to the system by USAID

contracting officer personnel is

authorized by the USAID Past

Performance Coordinator, E-mail

address: AIDNET: Past

Performance@op.spu@aidw/Internet:

pastperformance@usaid.gov.)

(b) Performance for personal services

contracts awarded under AIDAR

Appendices D and J shall not be

evaluated under the contractor

performance reporting procedures

prescribed in FAR subpart 42.15.

742.1503 Procedures.

(a) [Reserved]

(b) Personal services contractors shall

be recognized as Government personnel

for the purposes of the restriction on

access to contractor performance

information in FAR 42.1503(b).

Dated: May 2, 2000.

Rodney W. Johnson,

Director, Office of Procurement.

[FR Doc. 00–13486 Filed 6–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6116–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 32

RIN 1018–AF52

1999–2000 Refuge-Specific Hunting

and Sport Fishing Regulations;

Correction

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Correction to final regulations.

SUMMARY: This document contains

corrections to the final regulations

which were published Friday, May 12,

2000 (65 FR 30772). The document

related to the 1999–2000 refuge-specific

hunting and sport fishing regulations.

DATES: This correction is effective May

12, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Leslie Marler, (703) 358–2397.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The final regulations that are the

subject of these corrections add certain

national wildlife refuges to the list of

areas open for hunting and/or sport

fishing, along with pertinent refugespecific regulations for such activities;

and amend certain regulations on other

refuges that pertain to migratory game

bird hunting, upland game hunting, big

game hunting, and sport fishing for the

1999–2000 season.

Need for Correction

As published, an amendatory

instruction contains an error which may