[Federal Register: April 20, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 75)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

 
Announcement of the April 1999 Change 11 of the Standard Clauses

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces the 
availability of the April 1999 Change 11 of the standard clauses used 
in FAA procurement contracts and Screening Information Requests (SIR).

ADDRESSES: The complete text of Change 11 of the standard clauses and 
the latest versions of the contracting clauses are available on the 
Internet at http://fast.faa.gov/. Use of the Internet World Wide Web 
Site is strongly encouraged for access to copies of the current 
clauses. If Internet service is not available, requests for copies of 
these documents may be made to the following address:
    FAA Acquisition Reform, ASU-100, Rm. 435, 800 Independence Avenue, 
SW, Washington, DC 20591.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yvonne Joseph, Procurement Management 
Branch, Federal Aviation Administration, Rm. 435, 800 Independence 
Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20591, (202) 267-8638.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 31, 1995, Congress passed an Act 
Making Appropriations for the Department of Transportation and Related 
Agencies, for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 1996, and for Other 
Purposes (The 1996 DOT Appropriations Acts). On November 15, 1995, the 
President signed this bill into law. In Section 348 of this law, 
Congress directed the Administrator of the FAA to develop and implement 
a new acquisition management system that addresses the unique needs of 
the agency. The new FAA Acquisition Management System went into effect 
on April 1, 1996.

(See Notice of Availability at 61 FR 15155 (April 4, 1996))
    The Air Traffic Management System Performance Improvement Act of 
1996, title II of the Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act of 1996, 
Public Law 104-264, October 9, 1996, expanded the procurement reforms 
previously authorized by the 1996 DOT Appropriations Act. Amendment 01 
implements title II and makes other necessary changes to, and 
clarifications of, the FAA Acquisition Management System.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 9, 1999.
Gilbert B. Devey, Jr.,
Director of Acquisitions, ASU-1.
[FR Doc. 99-9882 Filed 4-19-99; 8:45 am]
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