The Civilian Agency Acquisition and Defense Acquisition Regulations Councils have published Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-39, which contains seven final rules amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation. In order of appearance, the rules address the following subjects: Item I, Extend Use of Simplified Acquisition Procedures for Certain Commercial Items (FAR Case 2009-035); Item II, Clarification of Submission of Cost or Pricing Data on Non-Commercial Modifications of Commercial Items (FAR Case 2008-0012); Item III, Use of Standard Form 26 - Award/Contract (FAR Case 2008-040); Item IV, Enhanced Competition for Task- and Delivery-Order Contracts-Section 843 of the Fiscal Year 2008 National Defense Authorization Act (FAR Case 2008-006); Item V, Trade Agreements --Costa Rica, Oman, and Peru (FAR Case 2008-036); and Item VI, Payments Under Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer Contracts (FAR Case 2008-015). Item VII contains a final rule that makes a technical editorial amendment to FAR 14.202-4. This FAC also contains a Small Entity Compliance Guide. A full listing of FAR sections impacted by these rules, as well as the effective date for each rule, appears in the table below. For the text of FAC 2005-39, see ¶70,002.118.
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