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applicable docket number. The relevant 

PTC docket number for this host 

railroad is Docket No. FRA–2010–0029. 

For convenience, all active PTC dockets 

are hyperlinked on FRA’s website at 

https://railroads.dot.gov/researchdevelopment/program-areas/traincontrol/ptc/railroads-ptc-dockets. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov; this includes any 

personal information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gabe Neal, Staff Director, Signal, Train 

Control, and Crossings Division, 

telephone: 816–516–7168, email: 

Gabe.Neal@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In general, 

Title 49 United States Code (U.S.C.) 

Section 20157(h) requires FRA to certify 

that a host railroad’s PTC system 

complies with Title 49 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) part 236, subpart I, 

before the technology may be operated 

in revenue service. Before making 

certain changes to an FRA-certified PTC 

system or the associated FRA-approved 

PTCSP, a host railroad must submit, and 

obtain FRA’s approval of, an RFA to its 

PTCSP under 49 CFR 236.1021. 

Under 49 CFR 236.1021(e), FRA’s 

regulations provide that FRA will 

publish a notice in the Federal Register 

and invite public comment in 

accordance with 49 CFR part 211, if an 

RFA includes a request for approval of 

a material modification of a signal or 

train control system. Accordingly, this 

notice informs the public that, on 

November 14, 2024, Amtrak submitted 

an RFA to its PTCSP for its Advanced 

Civil Speed Enforcement System II 

(ACSES II), which seeks FRA’s approval 

for updates to its OBC Serial platform 

and Fusion software release. That RFA 

is available in Docket No. FRA–2010– 

0029. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on Amtrak’s RFA to its PTCSP 

by submitting written comments or data. 

During FRA’s review of Amtrak’s RFA, 

FRA will consider any comments or 

data submitted within the timeline 

specified in this notice and to the extent 

practicable, without delaying 

implementation of valuable or necessary 

modifications to a PTC system. See 49 

CFR 236.1021; see also 49 CFR 

236.1011(e). Under 49 CFR 236.1021, 

FRA maintains the authority to approve, 

approve with conditions, or deny a 

railroad’s RFA to its PTCSP at FRA’s 

sole discretion. 

Privacy Act Notice 

In accordance with 49 CFR 211.3, 

FRA solicits comments from the public 

to better inform its decisions. DOT posts 

these comments, without edit, including 

any personal information the 

commenter provides, to https://

www.regulations.gov, as described in 

the system of records notice (DOT/ALL– 

14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 

https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. 

See https://www.regulations.gov/ 

privacy-notice for the privacy notice of 

regulations.gov. To facilitate comment 

tracking, we encourage commenters to 

provide their name, or the name of their 

organization; however, submission of 

names is completely optional. If you 

wish to provide comments containing 

proprietary or confidential information, 

please contact FRA for alternate 

submission instructions. 

Issued in Washington, DC 

Carolyn R. Hayward-Williams, 

Director, Office of Railroad Systems and 

Technology. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

[Docket No. FTA–2024–0015] 

Notice of Availability of Proposed 

Circular Updates and Request for 

Comments 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), Department of Transportation 

(DOT). 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) has placed in the 

docket and on its website proposed 

guidance in the form of an updated 

circular pertaining to procurements 

financed in whole or part with Federal 

assistance awarded by FTA through 

grants or cooperative agreements (i.e., 

‘‘third party’’ procurements). This 

updated circular would cancel and 

replace Circular FTA C 4220.1F, most 

recently revised March 18, 2013. The 

proposed updates reflect statutory and 

regulatory changes that have occurred 

since the last update, as well as 

providing additional non-binding 

guidance. By this notice, FTA invites 

public comment on its proposed 

circular, ‘‘Third Party Contracting 

Guidance.’’ 

DATES: Comments must be submitted by 

December 27, 2024. Late-filed comments 

will be considered to the extent 

practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit your 

comments by only one of the following 

methods, identifying your submission 

by docket number FTA–2024–0015. All 

electronic submissions must be made to 

the U.S. Government electronic site at 

https://www.regulations.gov/. 

(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov/ and follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

(2) Mail: Docket Management Facility: 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

(3) Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern time, Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

(4) Fax: 202–366–7951. 

Instructions: You must include the 

agency name (Federal Transit 

Administration) and docket number 

(FTA–2024–0015) at the beginning of 

your comments. Submit two copies of 

your comments if you submit them by 

mail. For confirmation that FTA 

received your comments, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Note that 

all comments received will be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov/ including any 

personal information provided and will 

be available to internet users. For 

information on DOT’s compliance with 

the Privacy Act, please visit https://

www.transportation.gov/privacy. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents and 

comments received, go to https://

www.regulations.gov/ at any time or to 

the U.S. Department of Transportation, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Docket 

Operations, M–30, West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590 between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

third party contracting questions, 

contact Tara Murphy, Division Chief, 

Office of Administration, Federal 

Transit Administration, 1200 New 

Jersey Ave. SE, Room E41–311, 

Washington, DC 20590, phone: (202) 

366–5647 or email tara.murphy@

dot.gov. For legal questions, Christopher 

Hall, Office of Chief Counsel, same 

address, Room E56–312, phone (202) 

941–9595 or email christopher.hall@

dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Overview 

FTA proposes an update to its Third 

Party Contracting Guidance Circular, 

which would replace and cancel the 

current iteration dated March 18, 2013 

(C 4220.1F). The proposed circular 

would update FTA’s guidance for 


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recipient procurements financed with 

FTA assistance (third party contracts) to 

reflect current statutory and regulatory 

text, including the Infrastructure 

Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Public 

Law 117–582, signed into law on 

November 15, 2021; the Fixing 

America’s Surface Transportation 

(FAST) Act, Public Law 114–94, signed 

into law on December 4, 2015; and new 

or updated administrative requirements 

from 2 CFR parts 200 and 1201. 

This notice does not include the 

proposed circular; electronic versions of 

the proposed circular may be found on 

the docket at https://

www.regulations.gov, docket number 

FTA–2024–0015, or on FTA’s website at 

https://www.transit.dot.gov. 

Chapter-By-Chapter Summaries 

Throughout the proposed circular, 

revisions are proposed that would 

clarify or reorganize sections for 

improved readability, without 

substantively altering guidance from the 

current Circular 4220.1F. The proposed 

circular also updates citations to 

authority and adds citations to improve 

transparency about the sources of 

requirements. Proposed changes that 

would not have a substantive effect are 

not necessarily called out in this notice. 

Chapter I 

In Chapter I, FTA proposes to revise 

several key definitions, including 

‘‘Approval, Authorization, Concurrence, 

Waiver,’’ ‘‘Best Value,’’ ‘‘Change Order,’’ 

‘‘Common Grant Rules,’’ ‘‘Constructive 

Change,’’ ‘‘Contract,’’ ‘‘Design-Build 

Project,’’ ‘‘Governmental Recipient,’’ 

‘‘Joint Procurement,’’ ‘‘NonGovernmental Recipient,’’ ‘‘Recipient,’’ 

‘‘State or Local Government Purchasing 

Schedule or Purchasing Contract,’’ 

‘‘Third Party Contract,’’ and ‘‘Value 

Engineering.’’ In most cases, revisions 

were to simplify definitions, or align 

definitions with existing statute or 

regulations. Additionally, this chapter 

would introduce new definitions, such 

as ‘‘Alternate Contracting Method 

(ACM),’’ ‘‘Progressive Design-Build 

(PDB),’’ and ‘‘Public-Private Partnership 

(P3).’’ 

FTA also proposes to update language 

in this chapter describing the Federal 

Transit Administration (FTA) and the 

roles of FTA’s headquarters, regional, 

and metropolitan offices in supporting 

public transportation agencies. 

Chapter II 

FTA proposes to revise Chapter II to 

clarify the circular’s effect and 

applicability, including by 

distinguishing between binding 

requirements (e.g., described using 

‘‘must’’ or ‘‘shall’’) and non-binding 

recommendations (e.g., described using 

‘‘may’’ or ‘‘should’’). Throughout the 

proposed circular, revisions would take 

care to distinguish between the 

mandatory and the advisory. The 

proposed revisions would specify how 

the circular applies to different entities, 

including States, Tribes, non-State 

recipients, and third party contractors, 

and would simplify the Project Types 

and Third Party Contracts sections 

under the Applicability of the Circular. 

Updates would consolidate or remove 

outdated and inapplicable sections from 

this Chapter, such as those on ‘‘Other 

Agreement’’ Assistance, Art, the Over 

the Road Bus Accessibility Program, and 

certain Operations and Preventive 

Maintenance contracts. These sections 

are redundant or otherwise no longer 

relevant due to program changes. 

Additionally, proposed changes 

would expand the descriptions of 

available project delivery options for 

recipients by adding Construction 

Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC), 

Full Delivery or Program Management, 

and Progressive Design-Build (PDB) to 

the list of project delivery systems. 

Proposed revisions to Chapter II would 

also add guidance on Alternative 

Contracting Methods (ACMs) regarding 

PDB and P3. Finally, the proposed 

updates would revise the Federal Laws 

and Regulations section and the State 

and Local Laws and Regulations section 

to update the description of the 

relationships among Federal and State 

laws, regulations, and the FTA grant 

agreements and Master Agreement. 

Chapter III 

FTA proposes amendments to Chapter 

III that would update guidance on 

recipients’ responsibilities, with 

particular emphasis on Written 

Standards of Conduct to address Gifts 

and Violations, along with new 

guidance on Organizational Conflicts, to 

reflect current Federal regulations. 

Similarly, the proposed changes would 

update guidance on Self-Certification 

and Third Party Contracting Capacity to 

clarify FTA’s use of certifications and 

describe existing practice and 

procedures at FTA. Proposed revisions 

to Adequate Third Party Contract 

Provisions, Industry Contracts, Record 

Keeping, Procurement History, 

Procurement Method, Contract Type, 

and Contractor Selection would 

improve clarity, update citations, and 

bring them into alignment with current 

Federal regulations. 

Proposed revisions to Chapter III 

would also incorporate new guidance 

on Constructive Changes, update 

guidance on Access to Records, and 

remove Special Notification 

Requirements to align with current 

Federal regulations. Additionally, 

proposed changes would update 

guidance regarding Use of Technology/ 

Electronic Commerce and Electronic 

Bidding and Reverse Auctions. 

To address the industry’s growing 

need for control and access to data, as 

contracts increasingly involve data 

collection, new guidance would be 

added on Data Rights. This guidance 

would cover aspects such as data 

collection, ownership, and usage, with 

specific provisions on negotiating data 

rights to secure adequate licenses for 

federally funded data. It would also 

ensure the clear definition of data rights, 

negotiation of data access rights to meet 

Federal objectives, and inclusion of 

appropriate clauses. 

Proposed updates would update 

guidance on Audits to align with 

updated Federal regulations. 

To replace the current circular’s 

description of protests and appeals to 

FTA (see below, under Chapter VII), 

Chapter III would include a new section 

describing FTA’s role in the recipient’s 

procurement disputes and FTA’s 

interest in settlements impacting 

Federal funds. 

Chapter IV 

In Chapter IV, FTA proposes to clarify 

the Determining the Recipient’s Needs 

section, including guidance on 

Necessity, Unnecessary Reserves and 

Spare Ratios, Acquisition for 

Assignment Purposes (‘‘piggybacking’’), 

Changes in the Recipient’s Needs, and 

Joint Procurements, as well as State or 

Local Government Purchasing 

Schedules or Purchasing Contracts, in 

accordance with current FTA guidance 

and purchasing authorities and to 

reduce duplication of other sections of 

the circular. Guidance on Joint 

Procurements would be clarified, while 

Small Procurements and Lease-versusPurchase guidance would be updated to 

align with existing Federal regulation. 

New guidance to reflect innovative 

procurement flexibilities introduced by 

the FAST Act would be introduced on 

Leases of Rolling Stock and Related 

Equipment, Leases of Removable Power 

Sources, reporting requirements, and 

lease specifications. 

Additional updates would clarify 

Federal requirements affecting recipient 

acquisitions. Guidance on 

Responsibility Requirements and DOT 

Debarment and Suspension would be 

updated, with references to the GSA 

Excluded Parties List replaced by the 

System for Award Management (SAM). 

Updates to Conflicts of Interest, and 

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would improve clarity and reflect 

current Federal regulations and FTA 

policy. 

The Federal Civil Rights Laws and 

Regulations section would be renamed 

Civil Rights and moved and 

consolidated with other civil rightsrelated sections for better flow. Updates 

within Administrative Requirements 

would include minor clarifications for 

accuracy. Under Cost Principles, 

unnecessary guidance on Governmental 

Entities, Educational Institutions, NonProfit Entities, and For-Profit Entities 

would be removed because these 

entities all apply the same cost 

principles under FTA’s policy. 

The Payments Provision section 

would be updated with the latest FTA 

guidance on Advance Payments and 

Progress Payments. 

Wage and Hour Requirements under 

Socio-Economic Requirements would be 

renamed the Contract Work and Hours 

and Safety Standards Act, to be 

consistent with regulation, and the 

information therein would be updated 

to reflect the most current description in 

Federal regulation. Fair Labor Standards 

guidance would be similarly updated. 

Under Civil Rights, guidance would 

be reorganized for flow, and new 

guidance would address changes in the 

law regarding nondiscrimination on the 

basis of sexual orientation and gender 

since the last circular update. 

The Targeted Contracting section 

would be updated. The description of 

U.S. DOT’s Disadvantaged Business 

Enterprise (DBE) rule would be updated 

to reflect changes to that rule that took 

effect in 2024. The section on Small and 

Disadvantaged Business Enterprises and 

HUBZones would be expanded in 

accordance with existing Federal 

regulation. 

Under Environmental Protection, 

guidance on the Clean Air Act, the 

Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 

and Recycled Products would be 

updated to reflect current Federal 

regulations. Energy Conservation would 

be updated to refer to current regulation. 

Preference for U.S. Property—Buy 

America would be updated to add 

reference to the Build America, Buy 

America Act that became law in 2021, 

the addition of construction materials to 

the list of products that must be 

manufactured in the United States on an 

FTA funded project, and reference to 2 

CFR part 184, which implements the 

new requirement for construction 

materials. Guidance on Shipments by 

Ocean Vessel would be clarified. 

Under Technical Restrictions, updates 

would remove unnecessary Metric 

Measurements guidance, because 2 CFR 

part 200 does not require this. 

Under Rolling Stock—Special 

Requirements, guidance on Transit 

Vehicle Manufacturer Compliance with 

DBE Requirements would expand to 

include guidance on project-specific 

DBE participation goals. Updates on 

Minimum Useful Life and Spare Ratios 

would make clarifications and align 

with FTA’s latest guidance. Outdated 

guidance on Air Pollution and Fuel 

Economy would be removed. Minor 

corrections and simplifications would 

be made to Preaward and Post Delivery 

Review, Bus Testing, In-State Dealers, 

and Rolling Stock Contract Options. 

The Art section would be 

substantially removed because art no 

longer is an eligible expense under 

FTA’s statute. 

Guidance on Architectural and 

Engineering (A&E) Services would 

include updates on Qualifications-Based 

Selection, renamed from QualificationsBased Requirements, to reorganize and 

clarify without substantive changes. 

Related updates for Construction, 

Service Purposes, Equivalent State Law, 

and Indirect Cost Rates would enhance 

clarity. 

Under Construction—Special 

Requirements, guidance on Bonding, 

Bid Guarantees, Performance Bonds, 

Payment Bonds, Reduced Bonding, and 

Excessive Bonding would be updated to 

refer to current regulations and updated 

URLs without substantive change. 

Seismic Safety, Value Engineering, 

Equal Employment Opportunity, DavisBacon Wages, Anti-Kickback, Contract 

Work Hours and Safety Standards, and 

Labor Neutrality would receive nonsubstantive updates for clarity and 

regulatory alignment, and a new section 

on veterans’ employment would be 

added in accordance with FTA’s 

existing statute. The section on 

Preference for U.S. Property—Buy 

America would be consolidated earlier 

in the chapter. Accessibility guidance 

would also be relocated for clarity. 

The Research, Development, 

Demonstration, Deployment, and 

Special Studies—Special Requirements 

section would include updates to Patent 

Rights, Rights in Data, Export Control, 

Protection of Human Subjects, and 

Protection of Animals to cite to current 

Federal regulations and FTA’s Master 

Agreement where appropriate. 

Finally, updates in Audit Services 

would align with current Federal 

regulations and dollar thresholds, with 

revisions to the Single Audit Act, 

Organizational Conflicts of Interest, 

Eligibility Costs, and verification 

processes. The section on Obtaining 

Indirect Cost Rates would be simplified 

and references to current Federal 

regulation would be added. 

Chapter V 

Chapter V would update the Force 

Account and Shared Use sections for 

clarity to refer to FTA’s latest guidance 

on the subjects. Under Joint 

Procurement, guidance would be 

clarified. Updates to the guidance on 

State or Local Government Purchasing 

Schedules or Purchasing Contracts 

would be clarified, and new guidance 

would be provided on Interstate 

Purchasing of Rolling Stock and Related 

Equipment to account for changes to 

rolling stock purchasing authorities. 

New guidance would be added on 

Interstate Purchasing Schedules and 

guidance on Intergovernmental 

Agreements would be updated to reflect 

new authorities introduced by the FAST 

Act for rolling stock procurements. 

New guidance on Cooperative 

Procurement of Rolling Stock and 

Related Equipment would be added to 

reflect new FAST Act authorities. 

Guidance on Competition and Price 

Reasonableness would be revised to 

align with current Federal regulations. 

The Existing Contracts (Assignments) 

section would be reorganized and 

streamlined for clarity. Information on 

Alternatives to Assigned Contract 

Rights, Joint Procurements, and 

Intergovernmental Procurements would 

be removed and consolidated with the 

sections elsewhere in the circular 

dealing with those topics. Guidance 

related to Impermissible Actions, 

Improper Contract Expansion and 

Improper Cardinal Changes would be 

updated to improve clarity. Sections on 

Tests, Rolling Stock, and Federal 

Procurement Standards would be 

removed from this section and 

consolidated with sections elsewhere in 

this circular dealing with those topics. 

Chapter VI 

For Chapter VI, the Competition 

Required section would incorporate 

changes to more closely reflect existing 

Federal regulations. The subsection on 

Unsolicited Proposals would be 

reorganized for flow without substantive 

change. Prequalification guidance 

would be updated to match current 

regulation, adding Objective Factors and 

refining sections on Currentness 

(formerly Lists), Sources, and 

Qualification Periods. 

Solicitation Requirements and 

Restrictions would also be updated to 

align with Federal regulations, 

including clarifications in the 

subsections What to Include and Brand 

Name or Equal. Prohibitions would be 

revised, with updates on Excessive 

Qualifications, Unnecessary Experience, 

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Contracts, Excessive Bonding, Brand 

Name Only, and Geographic 

Restrictions (formerly In-State or Local 

Geographic Restrictions). Regarding 

geographic restrictions, changes since 

the last circular update include 

authority in IIJA to apply local hiring 

targets to construction projects, and the 

removal of a former prohibition against 

geographic restrictions from 2 CFR part 

200. A reference to Self-Dealing and Bid 

Rigging would be added to the list of 

prohibited restrictions on competition. 

The section on Organizational 

Conflicts of Interest would be revised to 

include new guidance on the 

Recipient’s Conflicts in accordance with 

current regulation. Updates to 

Contractor’s Conflicts would include 

expanded guidance on Biased Ground 

Rules in accordance with existing 

regulation. 

The Prohibited or Restricted Contract 

Types section would be simplified, with 

clarifications on Cost Plus a Percentage 

of Cost—Prohibited, Percentage of 

Construction Cost—Prohibited, and 

Time and Materials—Restricted. 

Subsections on When to Use and Firm 

Ceiling Price would be removed as 

unnecessary. 

Methods of Procurement would be 

revised to reflect updated Federal 

regulations, including a new section on 

Self-Certified Micro-Purchase 

Thresholds, which were introduced by 

a new provision in 2 CFR part 200 that 

took effect in 2024. Under the new 

provision, a recipient may set for itself 

a micro-purchase threshold that is 

higher than the Federal micro-purchase 

threshold. Procedures, including 

Distribution (formerly Competition) and 

Documentation, would be clarified, and 

the Small Purchases subsection would 

be renamed Simplified Acquisitions for 

accuracy, regulatory alignment, and to 

avoid confusion with FTA’s unrelated 

‘‘small purchases’’ Buy America waiver. 

The Simplified Acquisitions section 

would be updated to align with the 

current regulations, including updates 

to Competition and Documentation. 

Sealed Bids (Formal Advertising) 

would undergo updates to align with 

current Federal regulations and simplify 

guidance, with specific clarifications in 

When Appropriate, Fixed Price 

Contract, Discussions Unnecessary, and 

Procurement Procedures. 

Competitive Proposals (Request for 

Proposals) would be updated for 

regulatory consistency, with 

clarification in When Appropriate and 

Discussion Expected. Procurement 

Procedures would see updates in Notice 

(formerly Publicity), Written Procedures 

(formerly Evaluation Method), Price and 

Other Factors, and the absorption of 

Best Value into Price and Other Factors. 

The section on Two-Step Procurement 

Procedures would receive additional 

guidance and clarifications. 

Guidance on Architectural and 

Engineering (A&E) Services and Other 

Services would be updated for clarity, 

and a new statement would be added to 

make clear that Multiple Award 

Indefinite-Delivery A&E Contracts are 

permissible. 

Information on Design-Bid-Build 

(DBB) would be incorporated into a new 

section on Mixed A&E-Construction 

Contracts, covering both DBB and 

Progressive Design-Build (PDB). The 

Procurement Method section would be 

updated, with Construction 

Predominant, Design Services 

Predominant, and Selection Processes 

sections absorbed into Procurement 

Method for streamlined guidance. 

The Other Than Full and Open 

Competition section would be revised to 

more closely follow Federal regulations. 

Guidance on Micro-Purchases, Sole 

Source, Unsolicited Proposals, and 

Restricted Data Rights would be 

updated for clarity. The Exigency or 

Emergency section would be clarified, 

with Unusual and Compelling Urgency 

absorbed under Exigency or Emergency. 

The significantly outdated paragraph 

about Associated Capital Maintenance 

Item Exception would be removed. 

Updates would clarify guidance on 

Cardinal Changes, including revised 

guidance on when cardinal changes 

impair competition and how to 

recognize cardinal changes that impair 

competition. 

Eligible Costs would be updated to 

align with the current Federal regulation 

and FTA policy in its Master 

Agreement. The section on Adjustments 

to Project Costs would be removed as 

unnecessary. 

Cost Analysis and Price Analysis 

would receive minor revisions for 

clarity and organization, and the 

sentence on Federal cost principles 

would be removed as redundant with 

the following subsection, Guidance on 

Cost and Price Analysis. 

Guidance on Evaluations and Contract 

Award would be updated with minor 

changes for clarity, and a new 

information on disqualifying offerors 

with recent Tax Liability or Felony 

Convictions. 

Chapter VII 

Chapter VII in Circular 4220.1F deals 

with protests, changes, disputes, and 

appeals of the recipient’s procurement 

decisions to FTA. The proposed circular 

would eliminate Chapter VII and 

replace it with a new paragraph in 

proposed Chapter III on Recipient 

Responsibilities and FTA’s Role in 

Procurement Disputes. That paragraph 

would restate the current regulation, 

which commits procurement decisions 

to the discretion of the recipient and 

states that FTA will not substitute its 

judgment for that of the recipient unless 

the matter is primarily a Federal 

concern. It also would state FTA’s 

interest in settlements of procurement 

disputes that would commit Federal 

funds or the proceeds of procurement 

disputes arising from federally funded 

procurements. 

Appendices 

FTA proposes to revise the 

appendices of the circular to improve 

accuracy, accessibility, and ensure 

alignment with current best practices. 

Specifically, Appendix A, References, 

would be revised to reflect sources 

incorporated in this version. Appendix 

B, FTA Regional and Metropolitan 

Office Contact Information, and 

Appendix C, Third Party Contracting 

Checklist, would be removed to 

streamline the document and focus on 

core guidance. Additionally, Appendix 

D, Provisions, Certifications, Reports, 

Forms, and Other—Matrices, would be 

removed to enable more timely updates 

to this information on the FTA website. 

Closing 

After a review and consideration of 

the comments provided on the updates 

proposed, FTA will publish the updated 

Third Party Contracting Guidance 

Circular (C 4220.1G) on its website and 

will announce the availability of the 

updated circular and the response to 

comments in the Federal Register. 

Veronica Vanterpool, 

Deputy Administrator. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–57–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Information Collection 

Renewal; Comment Request; 

Computer-Security Incident 

Notification 

AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency (OCC), Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The OCC, as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites 


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