31070 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 110 / Thursday, June 10, 2021 / Rules and Regulations 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

48 CFR Chapter 1 

[Docket No. FAR–2021–0051, Sequence 

No. 3] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Federal Acquisition Circular 2021–06; 

Introduction 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Summary presentation of final 

rules. 

SUMMARY: This document summarizes 

the Federal Acquisition Regulation 

(FAR) rules agreed to by the Civilian 

Agency Acquisition Council and the 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

Council (Councils) in this Federal 

Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2021–06. A 

companion document, the Small Entity 

Compliance Guide (SECG), follows this 

FAC. 

DATES: For effective dates see the 

separate documents, which follow. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

analyst whose name appears in the table 

below in relation to the FAR case. For 

information pertaining to status or 

publication schedules, contact the 

Regulatory Secretariat Division at 202– 

501–4755 or GSARegSec@gsa.gov. 

RULES LISTED IN FAC 2021–06 

Item Subject FAR Case Analyst

I ................................. Analysis for Equipment Acquisitions ............................................................................... 2019–001 Jackson. 

II ................................ Application of Micro-purchase Threshold to Task and Delivery Orders ......................... 2020–004 Jackson. 

III ............................... Technical Amendments.

ADDRESSES: The FAC, including the 

SECG, is available via the internet at 

https://www.regulations.gov. 

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 

2021–06 amends the FAR as follows: 

Item I—Analysis for Equipment 

Acquisitions (FAR Case 2019–001) 

This final rule amends the FAR to 

implement section 555 of the FAA 

Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 

115–254). Section 555 requires an 

agency to acquire equipment using the 

method of acquisition that is most 

advantageous to the Government based 

on a case-by-case analysis. The methods 

of acquisition to be considered include 

purchase, short-term rental or lease, 

long-term rental or lease, interagency 

acquisition, and agency acquisition 

agreements, if applicable, with a state or 

local government. The case-by-case 

analysis is of comparative costs and 

other factors, to include the factors in 

FAR section 7.401. 

Item II—Application of Micro-purchase 

Threshold to Task and Delivery Orders 

(FAR Case 2020–004) 

This final rule amends the FAR to 

implement section 826 of the National 

Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 

Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 (Pub. L. 116–92), 

which increases the threshold for 

requiring fair opportunity on orders 

under multiple-award contracts from 

$2,500 to the ‘‘micro-purchase 

threshold’’. The threshold at FAR 

16.505 is currently $3,500, as a result of 

inflation adjustments in accordance 

with FAR 1.109. The micro-purchase 

threshold is currently $10,000. This 

change applies the word-based 

threshold to ensure continued 

alignment with any future changes to 

the thresholds. This final rule will not 

have a significant economic impact on 

a substantial number of small entities. 

Item III—Technical Amendments 

Editorial changes are made at FAR 

11.201, 19.102, 19.201, 19.702, 19.812, 

22.805, 26.201, 42.203, 52.211–2, 

52.212–1, 52.212–5, 52.213–4, 52.222–8, 

52.244–6, and 53.236–2. 

William F. Clark, 

Director, 

Office of Government-wide 

Acquisition Policy, 

Office of Acquisition Policy, 

Office of Government-wide Policy. 

Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 

2021–06 is issued under the authority of 

the Secretary of Defense, the 

Administrator of General Services, and 

the Administrator of National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration. 

Unless otherwise specified, all 

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 

and other directive material contained 

in FAC 2021–06 is effective June 10, 

2021 except for Items I through III, 

which are effective July 12, 2021. 

John M. Tenaglia, 

Principal Director, Defense Pricing and 

Contracting, Department of Defense. 

Jeffrey A. Koses, 

Senior Procurement Executive/Deputy CAO, 

Office of Acquisition Policy, U.S. General 

Services Administration. 

Karla Smith Jackson, 

Assistant Administrator for Procurement, 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2021–11865 Filed 6–9–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–EP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

48 CFR Part 7 

[FAC 2021–06; FAR Case 2019–001; Item 

I; Docket No. FAR–2019–0020, Sequence 

No. 1] 

RIN 9000–AN84 

Federal Acquisition Regulation: 

Analysis for Equipment Acquisitions 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 


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