Revision of Department of Transportation Acquisition Regulation

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This final rule contains revisions to the Transportation Acquisition Regulation (TAR) which was published in the February 1, 1994 Federal Register (59 FR 4622) as a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). The revisions address public comments that were received as a result of the February 1, 1994, NPRM. On December 15, 1989, a NPRM addressing revisions to the TAR was also published in the Federal Register (54 FR 51426). The primary purpose of that rulemaking was to add TAR coverage on various issues including debarment, suspension, and protests to the agency. However, the December 15, 1989, NPRM was never finalized. This final rule makes the 1989 proposed rule obsolete since changes proposed in it are either incorporated in, or superseded by, this final rule. This final rule embodies a major revision of the TAR. The TAR was rewritten to: eliminate unnecessary coverage (e.g., it duplicated the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) or other directives, added no value); provide coverage written in plain English; and retain only coverage considered suitable for a regulation. These efforts create a new TAR that is in consonance with the Reinventing Government initiatives by creating a simp