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RIN: 1400-AE02

Publication ID: Fall 2017

Title: Department of State Acquisition Regulation
Abstract: The Department of State (DoS) is making amendments to the Department of State Acquisition Regulation (DOSAR) to provide internal agency guidance and procedures. This rulemaking is necessary to update certain provisions of the DOSAR, located in 48 CFR parts 615, 616, 617 and 652 and to add part 626. The amendments being made in this rule are either internal Agency procedures or internal Agency informational guidance, such as delegations of authority. The changes being made by this rule are to add guidance related to handling of unsolicited proposals; incorporate guidance related to use of letter contracts; bring DOSAR 617.5 into alignment with the FAR structure and incorporate procedures for approving interagency acquisitions; add part 626, to incorporate a delegation of authority at 626.203(b); add a clause at 652.216-72, Task-Order and Delivery-Order Ombudsman; and make other administrative edits.
Agency: Department of State(STATE)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
EO 13771 Designation: Not subject to, not significant
CFR Citation: 48 CFR ch. 1 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2651a, 40 U.S.C. 121(c)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Final Rule	12/00/2017

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Colleen Kosar Department of State Office of the Procurement Executive, Suite 1060 SA-15, 2201 C Street, NW, Washington, DC 20520 Phone:703 516-1685