The Civilian Agency Acquisition and Defense Acquisition Regulations councils have issued Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-58, which contains four final rules amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation. In order of appearance, the rules are: Item I --Biobased Procurements (FAR Case 2010-004); Item II --Representation Regarding Export of Sensitive Technology to Iran (FAR Case 2010-018); and Item III --Justification and Approval of Sole-Source 8(a) Contracts (FAR Case 2009-038). Item IV makes technical amendments. This FAC also contains a Small Entity Compliance Guide. A full listing of the regulations impacted by the rules, along with the effective date for each rule, appears in the FAC regulation table below. For the text of FAC 2005-58, see ¶70,002.147.
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