9000-AO26 202304 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 9000 DOD/GSA/NASA (FAR) FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2021-009, Protests of Orders Set Aside for Small Business

DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement the requirements in the Small Business Administration (SBA) final rule published on October 16, 2020 (85 FR 66146) regarding size protests on set-aside orders under multiple-award contracts that were not set-aside; socioeconomic status protests on set-aside orders where the required status differs from that of the underlying multiple-award contract; and the authority for SBA’s Associate General Counsel for Procurement Law to initiate size protests.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No 48 CFR 19 40 U.S.C. 121(c) 10 U.S.C. ch. 4 10 U.S.C. ch. 137 legacy provisions 10 U.S.C. 3016 51 U.S.C. 20113 No NPRM 06/00/2023 NPRM Comment Period End 08/00/2023 Yes Businesses Federal No No www.regulations.gov www.regulations.gov Yes No Dana Bowman Procurement Analyst 9000 DOD/GSA/NASA (FAR) FAR 202 803-3188 dana.bowman@gsa.gov 1800 F Street, NW, Washington DC 20405