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commitment, supported by corporate 

sureties whose names appear on the list 

contained in Treasury Department 

Circular 570, individual sureties, or by 

other acceptable security such as postal 

money order, certified check, cashier’s 

check, irrevocable letter of credit, or, in 

accordance with Treasury Department 

regulations, certain bonds or notes of 

the United States. Treasury Circular 570 

is published in the Federal Register or 

may be obtained from the U.S. 

Department of the Treasury, Financial 

Management Service, Surety Bond 

Branch, 3700 East West Highway, Room 

6F01, Hyattsville, MD 20782. Or via the 

internet at http://www.fms.treas.gov/ 

c570/. 

* * * * * 

■ 9. Amend section 52.228–16 by 

revising the date of the clause and 

paragraph (e) to read as follows: 

52.228–16 Performance and Payment 

Bonds—Other Than Construction. 

* * * * * 

PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT BONDS—

OTHER THAN CONSTRUCTION (NOV 2006) 

* * * * * 

(e) The bonds shall be in the form of 

firm commitment, supported by 

corporate sureties whose names appear 

on the list contained in Treasury 

Department Circular 570, individual 

sureties, or by other acceptable security 

such as postal money order, certified 

check, cashier’s check, irrevocable letter 

of credit, or, in accordance with 

Treasury Department regulations, 

certain bonds or notes of the United 

States. Treasury Circular 570 is 

published in the Federal Register, or 

may be obtained from the U.S. 

Department of the Treasury, Financial 

Management Service, Surety Bond 

Branch, 3700 East West Highway, Room 

6F01, Hyattsville, MD 20782. Or via the 

internet at http://www.fms.treas.gov/ 

c570/. 

(End of clause) 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

48 CFR Chapter 1 

[Docket FAR—2006—0023, Sequence 7] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Federal Acquisition Circular 2005–14; 

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 the 

Secretary of Defense, the Administrator 

of General Services and the 

Administrator of the National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration. 

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) 2005–14 which amend 

the 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 

2005–14 which precedes this document. 

These documents are also available via 

the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laurieann Duarte, FAR Secretariat, (202) 

501–4225. For clarification of content, 

contact the analyst whose name appears 

in the table below. 

LIST OF RULES IN FAC 2005–14 

Item Subject FAR case Analyst 

*I ........... Common Identification Standard for Contractors ................................................................................ 2005–015 Jackson. 

II ........... Removal of Sanctions Against Certain EU Countries ......................................................................... 2005–045 Olson. 

III .......... Free Trade Agreements—Bahrain and Guatemala (Interim) .............................................................. 2006–017 Parnell. 

IV .......... Free Trade Agreements—Morocco ..................................................................................................... 2006–001 Parnell. 

V ........... Technical Amendments .......................................................................................................................

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summaries for each FAR rule follow. 

For the actual revisions and/or 

amendments to these FAR cases, refer to 

the specific item number and subject set 

forth in the documents following these 

item summaries. 

FAC 2005–14 amends the FAR as 

specified below: 

Item I—Common Identification 

Standard for Contractors (FAR Case 

2005–015) 

This rule converts the interim rule 

published at 71 FR 208, January 3, 2006, 

to a final rule with changes. The rule 

amends the Federal Acquisition 

Regulation (FAR) by addressing the 

contractor personal identification 

requirements in Homeland Security 

Presidential Directive (HSPD) 12, 

‘‘Policy for a Common Identification 

Standard for Federal Employees and 

Contractors,’’ and Federal Information 

Processing Standards Publication (FIPS 

PUB) Number 201, ‘‘Personal Identity 

Verification (PIV) of Federal Employees 

and Contractors.’’ The primary 

objectives of HSPD–12 are to establish a 

process to enhance security, increase 

Government efficiency, reduce identity 

fraud, and protect personal privacy by 

establishing a mandatory, 

Governmentwide standard for secure 

and reliable forms of identification 

issued by the Federal Government to its 

employees and contractors who require 

routine physical access to Federallycontrolled facilities, and/or routine 

access to Federally-controlled 

information systems. 

Item II—Removal of Sanctions Against 

Certain EU Countries (FAR Case 2005–

045) 

This rule converts the interim rule 

published at 71 FR 20305, April 19, 

2006, to a final rule without change. The 

interim rule removed the sanctions in 

FAR Part 25 against Austria, Belgium, 

Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, 

Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, 

Sweden, and the United Kingdom on 

acquisitions not covered by the World 

Trade Organization Government 

Procurement Agreement. These 

sanctions did not apply to small 

business set-asides, to acquisition below 

the simplified acquisition threshold 

using simplified acquisition procedures, 

or to acquisitions by the Department of 

Defense. Contracting officers may now 

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services, and construction that were 

previously prohibited by the sanctions. 

Item III—Free Trade Agreements—

Bahrain and Guatemala (FAR Case 

2006–017) (Interim) 

This interim rule allows contracting 

officers to purchase the goods and 

services of Guatemala and Bahrain 

without application of the Buy 

American Act if the acquisition is 

subject to the Free Trade Agreements. 

These trade agreements with Guatemala 

and Bahrain join the North American 

Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the 

Australia, Chile, Morocco, and 

Singapore Free Trade Agreements, and 

the CAFTA-DR with respect to El 

Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua, 

which are already in the FAR. The 

threshold for applicability of the 

Dominican Republic—Central AmericaUnited States Free Trade Agreement is 

$64,786 for supplies and services (the 

same as other Free Trade Agreements to 

date except Morocco and Canada) and 

$7,407,000 for construction (the same as 

all other Free Trade Agreements to date 

except NAFTA). The threshold for 

applicability of the Bahrain Free Trade 

Agreement is $193,000 (the same as the 

Morocco FTA and the WTO GPA) and 

$8,422,165 for construction (the same as 

NAFTA). 

Item IV—Free Trade Agreements—

Morocco (FAR Case 2006–001) 

This final rule converts the interim 

rule published in the Federal Register at 

71 FR 20306, April 19, 2006, to a final 

rule without change. This rule allows 

contracting officers to purchase the 

products of Morocco without 

application of the Buy American Act if 

the acquisition is subject to the Morocco 

Free Trade Agreements. The U.S. Trade 

Representative negotiated a Free Trade 

Agreement with Morocco, which went 

into effect January 1, 2006. This 

agreement joins the North American 

Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the 

Australia, Chile, and Singapore Free 

Trade Agreements, which are already in 

the FAR. The threshold for applicability 

of the Morocco Free Trade Agreement is 

$193,000 for supplies and services and 

$7,407,000 for construction. 

Item V—Technical Amendments 

Editorial changes are made at FAR 

15.404–1, 22.1006, 22.1304, 28.202, 

52.212–5, 52.222–43, 52.228–15, and 

52.228–16, in order to update 

references. 

Dated: November 15, 2006. 

Ralph De Stefano, 

Director, Contract Policy Division. 

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