61738 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 198 / Tuesday, October 14, 2014 / Rules and Regulations 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

48 CFR Chapter 1 

[Docket No. FAR 2014–0051, Sequence No. 

5] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Federal Acquisition Circular 2005–77; 

Introduction 

AGENCIES: 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) 2005–77. A 

companion document, the Small Entity 

Compliance Guide (SECG), follows this 

FAC. The FAC, including the SECG, is 

available via the Internet at http://

www.regulations.gov. 

DATES: For effective dates and comment 

dates see separate documents, which 

follow. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

analyst whose name appears in the table 

below in relation to the FAR case. 

Please cite FAC 2005–77 and the 

specific FAR case number. For 

information pertaining to status or 

publication schedules, contact the 

Regulatory Secretariat at 202–501–4755. 

RULES LISTED IN FAC 2005–77 

Item Subject FAR case Analyst 

I ................... Federal Contracting Programs for Minority-Owned and Other Small Businesses .................................. 2009–016 Uddowla 

II .................. Irrevocable Letters of Credit .................................................................................................................... 2011–023 Davis 

III ................. Uniform Procurement Identification .......................................................................................................... 2012–023 Loeb 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summaries for each FAR rule follow. 

For the actual revisions and/or 

amendments made by these rules, refer 

to the specific item numbers and 

subjects set forth in the documents 

following these item summaries. FAC 

2005–77 amends the FAR as specified 

below: 

Item I—Federal Contracting Programs 

for Minority-Owned and Other Small 

Businesses (FAR Case 2009–016) 

This final rule amends the FAR to 

remove certain coverage involving 

procurements with small disadvantaged 

business concerns and certain 

institutions of higher education that is 

based on authority which has expired 

and been found to be unconstitutional 

by the Court of Appeals for the Federal 

Circuit. These changes harmonize the 

FAR with current statutory authorities. 

The impact of this rule on small 

businesses should be minimal, given 

that the coverage applied only to prime 

contracting opportunities in specific 

North American Industry Classification 

System codes, and was applicable to 

only three Government agencies, (DoD, 

NASA and U.S. Coast Guard). The 

obligation of Federal Agencies to meet 

or exceed the statutory five percent 

small disadvantaged business goals at 

the prime and subcontracting levels are 

not affected by this rule. 

Item II—Irrevocable Letters of Credit 

(FAR Case 2011–023) 

This final rule amends the FAR to 

remove all references to Office of 

Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) 

Pamphlet No. 7, Use of Irrevocable 

Letters of Credit (ILC). This change is 

necessary to update the sources of data 

required to verify the credit worthiness 

of a financial entity issuing or 

confirming an ILC. 

This final rule has no significant 

impact on the Government and 

contractors including small business 

entities and imposes no new 

requirements. Contracting Officers are 

currently required to verify the credit 

worthiness of a financial entity issuing 

or confirming an ILC and will benefit 

from this updated information to 

conduct an accurate analysis. 

Item III—Uniform Procurement 

Identification (FAR Case 2012–023) 

This final rule amends the FAR to 

implement a uniform Procurement 

Instrument Identification (PIID) 

numbering system, which will require 

the use of Activity Address Codes 

(AACs) as the unique identifier for 

contracting offices and other offices, in 

order to standardize procurement 

transactions across the Federal 

Government. Agencies shall comply 

with the new PIID procedures in FAR 

subpart 4.16 by October 1, 2017, for new 

solicitations and contract awards. 

Dated: September 30, 2014. 

William Clark, 

Acting Director, Office of Government-wide 

Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition 

Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy. 

Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 

2005–77 is issued under the authority of 

the Secretary of Defense, the 

Administrator of General Services, and 

the Administrator for the National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration. 

Unless otherwise specified, all 

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 

and other directive material contained 

in FAC 2005–77 is effective October 14, 

2014 except for items II and III which 

are effective November 13, 2014. 

Dated: October 1, 2014. 

Richard Ginman, 

Director, Defense Procurement and 

Acquisition Policy. 

Dated: August 11, 2014. 

Jeffrey A. Koses, 

Senior Procurement Executive/Deputy CAO, 

Office of Acquisition Policy, U.S. General 

Services Administration. 

Dated: September 29, 2014. 

William P. McNally, 

Assistant Administrator for Procurement, 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration. 

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