Memorandum 

TO: 		Assistant Directors for Administration
 

FROM: 		Debra E. Sonderman /s/
		Office of Acquisition and Property Management and Senior
		Procurement Executive



		R. Schuyler Lesher, Director
		Office of Financial Management

SUBJECT: 	FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION: CENTRAL
		CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION (CCR) 

The attached policy and related Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 
CCR guidance, solicitation provisions and contract clauses supersede the 
October 7, 2002 interim Departmental CCR policy issued jointly by our offices.
 
Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 budget guidance issued by the Director, Office of 
Management and Budget on June 19, 2001, directed that in FY 2003 Federal 
agencies were to use the CCR, an existing on-line database (www.ccr.gov), 
as the single validated source on vendors doing business with the Government. 
Further, prospective vendors would be required to register in CCR prior to 
the award of Federal contracts to them.

 
In anticipation of the development and issuance of Governmentwide CCR 
regulations by the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense 
Acquisition Regulations Council at a later date, Department of the Interior 
(DOI) bureaus and offices were notified of the requirements and provided with 
interim Departmental policy regarding CCR registration and the need for 
vendor outreach in October 2002. In December 2002, DOI issued a 
Departmentwide FedBizOpps Special Notice for all existing and prospective 
DOI contractors informing them of the CCR registration requirement. In 
addition, throughout FY 2003, bureau and office contracting activities 
implemented the interim DOl policy and advised vendors of the CCR 
registration requirement through a variety of media, e.g., web site postings 
and links, fliers, notices in synopses, solicitations and contracts, through 
outreach at trade fairs, and in Business and Economic Development counseling 
sessions with small businesses. 

On October 1, 2003, the FAR final rule on CCR was published in the Federal 
Register. The final rule applies to contracts (including purchase orders), 
basic agreements, basic ordering agreements, blanket purchase agreements, 
or modifications awarded on or after October 1, 2003. Existing contracts, 
basic agreements, basic ordering agreements, or blanket purchase agreements 
with a period of performance beyond December 31, 2003 are also covered 
under the final rule and must be modified to include the requirement that 
vendors be registered in the CCR database by December 31, 2003. Existing 
contractors whose contractual documents are modified to include CCR 
registration must maintain registration until final payment. 

The attached policy provides general and transaction specific summaries of 
actions required to implement the FAR's CCR requirements and a copy of the 
FAR final rule on CCR as published in the Federal Register.  

If you have any questions regarding this policy release, please contact 
Office of Acquisition and Property Management staff members John K. Peterson 
on 202-208-7469 or Patricia Corrigan on 202-208-1906. 

Attachments

cc: 	Executive Steering Committee
	P. L. 106-107 Initiatives Work Group
	Interior Federal Assistance Working Group