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