Rule 12 May 2025 federal acquisition regulation, government contracts, small businesses, procurement policy, domestic manufacturing

🏭Summary of Federal Acquisition Regulation Changes - FAC 2025-04

This document summarizes the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rules agreed to by OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA (collectively referred to as the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council) in this Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2025-04. A companion document, the Small Entity Compliance Guide (SECG), follows this FAC.

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Rule 12 May 2025 federal acquisition regulation, government contracting, small business compliance, procurement policy, domestic manufacturing

📑Small Entity Compliance Guide for Federal Acquisition Regulation

This document is issued under the joint authority of OFPP, 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) 2025-04, which amends the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). Interested parties may obtain further information regarding these rules by referring to FAC 2025-04, which precedes this document.

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Compliance Requirements, Regulatory Obligations 15 Jan 2025 department of veterans affairs, federal contracts, procurement policy, va forms, contractor compliance

📄VA Procurement Policy Notice on Architect-Engineer Fee Proposals

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, this notice announces that the Procurement Policy and Warrant Management Service, Office of Procurement Policy, Systems and Oversight, Office of Acquisition and Logistics, Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The PRA submission describes the nature of the information collection and its expected cost and burden, and it includes the actual data collection instrument.

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Compliance, Employment Initiatives 8 Jan 2025 compliance, government procurement, government regulations, procurement policy, pay equity, federal contracting

📉Withdrawal of Proposed Rule on Pay Equity in Federal Contracting

DoD, GSA, and NASA are withdrawing the proposed rule to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) titled: Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting. The Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP Administrator) is simultaneously withdrawing a proposed Government-wide policy, upon which the proposed rule was based.

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