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Agriculture Acquisition Regulation Advisories

AGAR Advisories are time-sensitive documents. The table below contains a listing of advisories and their respective expiration dates.

Once an advisory does expire, it is moved to the Expired AGAR Advisory table and given a status of expired, canceled, or superseded

Effective on October 1, 2000, the hard copy distribution of AGAR Advisories was discontinued. (USDA Procurement Policy Division Memorandum of September 29, 2000.)

AGAR Advisories
Number & Title Date Issued Expiration Date

85, Acquisition Workforce Training, Delegation, and Management System -

May 9, 2008 Effective upon issue date until cancelled or for a period not to exceed one year
84, USDA Federal Procurement Data Verification and Validation Plan Policy and Procedures - Word | PDF
  • USDA Federal Procurement Data Verification and Validation Plan Word
Aug 10, 2007 Effective Until Canceled
83, Acquisition Strategy and Review Procedures, Revision 04 - Word | PDF | HTML
  • Acquisition Strategy Worksheet Word | PDF
Jan 25, 2008 Dec 31, 2008
82, Requisite Language for Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) Solicitation Descriptions When Designated Biobased Items are Included as Part of a USDA Contract Requirement - Word | PDF | HTML May 23, 2006 Effective Until Canceled
81, Common Identification Standard for Contractors -
Word| PDF
Oct 15, 2007 Apr 15, 2009
80, Requirement for Use of an Earned Value Management System (EVMS) - Word | PDF Feb 16, 2006 Effective Until Canceled
79B, Hurricane Katrina Emergency Contracting Authorities and Waivers
  • Advisory with attachment PDF (Zipped)
  • Advisory without attachment PDF
  • CAAC Letter 2005-04 dated 9/7/2005 PDF
  • Convenience Checks Waiver PDF
  • OCIO IT Waiver 1323 PDF
  • Proclamation 7924 PDF
  • Proclamation 7959 PDF
  • CAAC Letter 2005-05 Supplement 1 dated 11/8/2005 PDF
  • Dept. of Labor, Memorandum No.200 dated 11/17/2005 PDF
  • Dept. of Labor Guidance on reinstatement of the Davis-Bacon Act Provisions PDF
  • Davis Bacon Class Deviation PDF
  • Dept. of Labor, OFCCP Memo dated 9/9/2005 PDF
  • Stewardship Plan PDF
Apr 11, 2006 Effective Until Canceled
77, Contracting for Prepackaged News Stories - Word | PDF Jul 20, 2005 Effective Until Canceled
76, Document Numbering System and Federal Procurement Data System - Next Generation (FPDS-NG) Reporting - Word | PDF Jun 15, 2005 Effective Until Canceled
73, Purchase of Online Courseware Libraries and Learning Management Systems or Services - Word | PDF Feb 4, 2005 Effective Until Canceled
72, Federal Procurement Data System - Next Generation (FPDS-NG) Reporting Requirements - PDF Dec 23, 2004 Effective Until Superseded
71, Partnership Agreement Between The U.S. Small Business Administration And The U.S. Department of Agriculture - PDF Nov 29, 2004 Sep 30, 2006
69, The Small Business Administration's (SBA) HUBZone Procurement Query & Reporting System (HPQRS) Word | PDF Nov 19, 2004 Effective Until Superseded
67, Emergency Response to Contingency Operation, Humanitarian or Peacekeeping Operations, or Terrorist Attack, Revised - Word | PDF Oct 28, 2004 Effective Until Superseded
65A, Foundation Financial Information System (FFIS) Vendor Table (VEND) - PDF Aug 3, 2004 Effective Until Canceled
65, Foundation Financial Information System (FFIS) Vendor Table (VEND) Maintenance - Procedures for Adding New Vendors - Word | PDF | HTML Apr 21, 2004 Effective Until Canceled
61, Safeguarding Classified National Security Information - Word | PDF | HTML Mar 20, 2008 Effective Until Canceled
60, Management of Qualification Requirements for USDA - Word | PDF | HTML Mar 20, 2008 Effective Until Canceled
59, Central Contractor Registration (CCR) - Word | PDF Oct 22, 2003 Effective Until Canceled
58A, Prohibition on Using Purchase Cards or Convenience Checks To Acquire Telecommunications - Word | PDF | HTML Dec 22, 2003 From 12/18/2003
until DR 5013-6
is revised
55, Reminder Regarding the Use of Purchase Cards To Acquire Items Costing $5,000 or More and Agency-Determined Sensitive Property Items | PDF Jul 24, 2003 Effective Until a revision to
DR 5013-6 is issued
addressing this issue
53, USDA Information Technology Acquisition Approval Process | PDF May 21, 2003 Effective Until Canceled
52, Prohibition on Using Convenience Checks for Purchases or Payments | PDF Jul 2, 2003 Effective Until an amendment
to DR 5013-6 is issued.
51, Past Performance Information and the Contractor Performance System (CPS) | PDF Apr 23, 2003 Effective Until Cancelled
49, Implementation of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended | PDF Nov 25, 2002 Effective Until Cancelled
46, USDA Blanket Purchase Agreement for Office Supplies | PDF May 13, 2002 Effective Until Cancelled
42, Business Cards Available at Government Expense - Word | PDF | HTML Mar 20, 2008 Effective Until Superseded
36, Class Justification and Approval for Other Than Full and Open Competition - PDF Sep 24, 2001 Effective Until Canceled
22, FAR Part 19 Deviation - Small Business Program May 29, 1998 None
21, Implementing Procedures for Streamlining the 8(a) Contracting Process May 29, 1998 None
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