FARDFARS Transformation

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CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION (CAGE
CODES)DFARS Case 2003-D040

• DFARS Parts 204, 212, 213 and 252 are amended to
  remove policy on Central Contractor Registration
  (CCR) that duplicated policy found in the Federal
  Acquisition Regulation (FAR).
• The rule also addresses requirements for use of
  Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) codes in
  DoD contracts.
• Federal Register Publication on September 30,
  2005.

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UNIQUE ITEM IDENTIFIERDFARS Case 2003-D081

• DFARS Parts 202, 204, 211, 212, 243 and 252 are
  amended to establish policy for unique
  identification and valuation of items delivered
  under DoD contracts.
• Federal Register Publication on April 22, 2005.

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GOVERNMENT SOURCE INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS - FINAL
RULE

• DFARS 246.402 , Govt contract quality assurance
  at source
• Eliminates Govt QA at source for contracts or
  delivery orders below 250K unless--
• Mandated by DoD regulation
• Required by MOA between acquiring department or
  agency and the contract administration agency or
• The CO determines that--
• (1) contract technical requirements are
  significant
• (2) the product acquired has--
• critical characteristics
• specific features that make QA at source
  necessary or
• specific acquisition concerns that make Govt QA
  at source necessary and
• (3) the contract is being awarded to--
• a manufacturer or producer or
• non-manufacturer or non-producer and specific
  Govt verifications are necessary and feasible to
  perform.

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QUALITY CONTROL OF AVIATION CRITICAL SAFETY ITEMS
(CSI) AND RELATED SERVICES - FINAL RULE

• DFARS 209.270 246.407
• Implements Section 802, FY 2004 DoD Authorization
  Act.
• Section 802 requires DoD to develop a quality
  control policy for the procurement of aviation
  (CSI) and the modification, repair, and overhaul
  of those items.
• Responsibilities of the head of the design
  control activity--
• identifying items that meet aviation CSI
  criteria
• approving qualification requirements IAW
  procedures established by the design control
  activity and
• qualifying and identifying aviation CSI suppliers
  and products.
• Approval authority for accepting nonconforming
  aviation CSI is the head of the design control
  activity.
• Acceptance of minor nonconforming aviation CSI
  may be delegated as determined appropriate by the
  design control activity.

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NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR CRITICAL SAFETY
ITEMS (CSI) - PROPOSED RULE

• DFARS 246.371, Notification of potential safety
  issues
• Implements Section 8143, FY 2004 DoD
  Appropriations Act.
• Section 8143 requires DoD to examine standards
  and procedures to ensure timely notification to
  the Government and contractors regarding safety
  issues, including defective parts.
• Contains a new notification clause for use in
  contracts for--
• replenishment parts identified as CSI
• systems and subsystems, assemblies, and
  subassemblies integral to a system or
• repair, maintenance, logistics support, or
  overhaul services for systems and subsystems,
  assemblies, and subassemblies integral to a
  system.
• Contractor required to provide written
  notification to the ACO and PCO within 72 hours.
• Contractor required to flow down clause to
  subcontracts.

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ASSIGNMENT OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION EXCEPTION
FOR DEFENSE ENERGY SUPPORT CENTER - FINAL RULE

• DFARS 242.202, Assignment of contract
  administration
• DFARS 242.202(a)(i) provides exceptions to the
  requirement that DoD activities shall not retain
  any contract for administration that requires
  performance of any contract administration
  function at or near contractor facilities.
• A MOA between Defense Contract Management Agency
  and Defense Energy Support Center (DESC) added
  DESC as an exemption so it can perform contract
  administration for all contracts it awards.
• This was done to eliminate duplication of effort
  in bulk fuel quality management.

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EVMS VALIDATION AND COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTSPropos
ed DFARS Case 2005-D006

• DoD is proposing to amend the Defense Federal
  Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to
  update requirements for DoD contractors to
  establish and maintain earned value management
  systems (EVMS).
• Proposed DFARS Case 2005-D006 anticipated the
  published FAR EVMS rule.
• Federal Register Publication on January 23, 2006.

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DFARS TRANSFORMATIONTechnology Cases

• Through DoDs DFARS Transformation Effort, the
  following technology related cases were
  finalized
• 2003-D053 - Update of Clauses for
  Telecommunications Services
• 2003-D054 - Update Information Technology (IT)
  Unique Procedures
• 2003-D055 - Acquisitions of Telecommunications
  Services
• 2003-D056 - Communications Service Authorizations

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DFARS TRANSFORMATIONImplementation Cases

• Through DoDs DFARS Transformation Effort, the
  following acquisition implementation related
  cases were finalized
• 2003-D024 -Part 243, Contract Modifications
• 2003-D025 -Part 244, Subcontracting Policies and
  Procedures
• 2003-D027 -Part 246, Quality Assurance
• 2003-D045 - Part 251, Use of Government Sources
  by Contractors
• 2003-D046 - Part 249, Termination of Contracts
• 2003-D051 Section 242.302, Revisions to List
  of Contract Administration Functions
• 2003-D082 Part 204, Uniform Contract Line Item
  Numbering