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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 2 (Friday, January 3, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 527-528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31408]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

48 CFR Chapter 1

[Docket No. FAR-2024-0051, Sequence No. 8]

Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 
2025-03; Small Entity Compliance Guide

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration 
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Small Entity Compliance Guide (SECG).

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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 the rules 
appearing in Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2025-03, which amends 
the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). Interested parties may obtain 
further information regarding these rules by referring to FAC 2025-03, 
which precedes this document.

DATES: January 3, 2025.

ADDRESSES: The FAC, including the SECG, is available at https://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For clarification of content, contact 
the analyst whose name appears in the table below. Please cite FAC 
2025-03 and the FAR Case number. For information pertaining to status 
or publication schedules, contact the Regulatory Secretariat Division 
at 202-501-4755 or [email protected]. An asterisk (*) next to a rule 
indicates that a regulatory flexibility analysis has been prepared.

                       Rules Listed in FAC 2025-03
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     Item               Subject            FAR case         Analyst
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* I..........  Improving Consistency        2019-015  Delgado.
                Between Procurement and
                Nonprocurement
                Procedures on Suspension
                and Debarment.
* II.........  Rerepresentation of Size     2020-016  Bowman.
                and Socioeconomic Status.
* III........  Subcontracting to Puerto     2023-001  Moore.
                Rican And Covered
                Territory Small
                Businesses.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Summaries for each FAR rule follow. For the 
actual revisions and/or amendments made by these FAR rules, refer to 
the specific item numbers and subjects set forth in the documents 
following these item summaries. FAC 2025-03 amends the FAR as follows:

Item I--Improving Consistency Between Procurement and Nonprocurement 
Procedures on Suspension and Debarment (FAR Case 2019-015)

    This final rule amends the FAR to improve consistency between the 
procurement and nonprocurement procedures on suspension and debarment, 
based on recommendations of the Interagency Suspension and Debarment 
Committee. The changes in the FAR bring the two systems into closer 
alignment, enhancing transparency and consistency within the 
Government's suspension and debarment procedures. This allows 
contractors a better understanding of how the two systems' procedures 
relate to each other. The changes are not expected to have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. 
It is anticipated that this rule will have a positive impact on small 
businesses with increased transparency in the process.

Item II--Rerepresentation of Size and Socioeconomic Status (FAR Case 
2020-016)

    This final rule amends the FAR to implement regulatory changes made 
by the Small Business Administration to size and socioeconomic status 
rerepresentation requirements for orders placed against multiple-award 
contracts. Specifically, business concerns that represented their 
status as any of the small business concerns identified at FAR 
19.000(a)(3) are required to rerepresent their size and/or 
socioeconomic status for orders set aside--
    (1) Under unrestricted multiple-award contracts, unless the order 
is issued against a reserve for which size and/or status was required.
    (2) Under a multiple-award contract that was totally or partially 
set aside for small businesses, and the order requires a different 
socioeconomic status.
    Federal Supply Schedules (FSS) are exempt from these requirements.
    The final rule will help to validate that small businesses qualify 
for the size and/or socioeconomic status associated with orders placed 
under certain multiple-award contracts. Also, entities that no longer 
qualify under the applicable North American Industry Classification 
System (NAICS) code or the socioeconomic status they claim may not 
qualify under the applicable NAICS code or socioeconomic status for 
set-aside orders under the multiple-award contracts subject to this 
rule.
    The final rule is not expected to have a significant economic 
impact on a substantial number of small entities.

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Item III--Subcontracting to Puerto Rican and Covered Territory Small 
Businesses (FAR Case 2023-001)

    This final rule amends the FAR to implement regulatory changes made 
by the Small Business Administration to implement section 861 of Public 
Law 115-232 and section 866 of Public Law 116-283, which add incentives 
for certain U.S. territories under the Small Business Administration 
mentor-prot[eacute]g[eacute] program. This final rule also specifies 
the entities that are not required to submit subcontracting plans as 
subcontractors. This final rule is not expected to have a significant 
impact on a substantial number of small entities; however, it will 
impact small businesses whose principal office is in the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico or that are covered territory businesses that enter into 
SBA-approved mentor-prot[eacute]g[eacute] agreements.

William F. Clark,
Director, Office of Government-wide Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2024-31408 Filed 1-2-25; 8:45 am]
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