Administracja i zamówienia · 09/10/1996

Federal Acquisition Regulation; Business Meals

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have decided to withdraw FAR Case 93-026, Business Meals, published in the Federal Register at 60 FR 43508, August 21, 1995. The rule proposed revisions to FAR 31.205-43, Trade, business, technical and professional activity costs, and 31.205- 46, Travel costs to clarify when the costs of meals for contractor employees are allowable. The Office of Federal Procurement Policy SWAT Team on Civilian Agency Contracting in its report of December 3, 1992, entitled ``Improving Contracting Practices and Management Controls on Cost-Type Federal Contracts,'' recommended several FAR changes, including revisions to the FAR cost principles to make them less general with regard to the allowability of costs. One area identified for clarification was the costs of business meals of contractor employees who are not on official travel. A proposed rule was published relating to making the costs of meals for contractor employees unallowable unless the employee is on official company travel or the meals are an integral part of a bona fide business meeting. As a result of our analysis of public comments recei