Administracja i zamówienia · 20.09.2004

Federal Acquisition Regulation; Additional Commercial Contract Types

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) are issuing this advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) to solicit comments that can be used to assist in the implementation of section 1432 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108-136) in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). Section 1432 amends section 8002(d) of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) to expressly authorize the use of time-and-materials (T&M) and labor-hour (LH) contracts for the procurement of commercial services. Implementation of section 8002(d) will require certain revisions to the FAR's current commercial item policies and associated clauses to ensure they effectively address the risks associated with T&M and LH contracting. Current policies were designed only to support purchases through firm- fixed price contracts and fixed-rice contracts with economic price adjustments.