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Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-05; Small Entity Compliance Guide

A Rule by the Federal Procurement Policy Office, the Defense Department, the General Services Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on 08/07/2025

Published Document: 2025-14987 (90 FR 38209)

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Office of Management and Budget
Office of Federal Procurement Policy
Department of Defense
General Services Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  1. 48 CFR Chapter 1
  2. [Docket No. FAR-2025-0051, Sequence No. 2]

AGENCY:

Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), Office of Management and Budget; Department of Defense (DoD); General Services Administration (GSA); and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION:

Small Entity Compliance Guide (SECG).

SUMMARY:

This document is issued under the joint authority of OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA. This Small Entity Compliance Guide has been prepared in accordance with section 212 of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996. It consists of a summary of the rules appearing in Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2025-05, which amends the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). Interested parties may obtain further information regarding these rules by referring to FAC 2025-05, which precedes this document.

DATES:

August 7, 2025.

ADDRESSES:

The FAC, including the SECG, is available at https://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For clarification in relation to the FAR cases listed in the table below, contact or call 202-969-4075. Please cite FAC 2025-05 and the FAR Case number. For information pertaining to status or publication schedules, contact the Regulatory Secretariat Division at 202-501-4755 or . An asterisk (*) next to a rule indicates that a regulatory flexibility analysis has been prepared.

Rules Listed in FAC 2025-05
Item Subject FAR case
* I Clarification of System for Award Management Preaward Registration Requirements 2023-018
II Technical Amendments

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summaries for each FAR rule follow. For the actual revisions and/or amendments made by these FAR rules, refer to the specific item numbers and subjects set forth in the documents following these item summaries. FAC 2025-05 amends the FAR as follows:

Item I—Clarification of System for Award Management Preaward Registration Requirements (FAR Case 2023-018)

This final rule adopts, without change, an interim rule that amended the FAR to change System for Award Management preaward registration requirements. Offerors are required to be registered at the time of proposal submission and at time of award, rather than continuously in between. This change is expected to have a positive impact on small businesses who have a minor lapse in registration.

Item II—Technical Amendments

Administrative changes are made at FAR 32.907, 43.101, and 52.247-60.

William F. Clark,

Director, Office of Government-wide Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy.

[FR Doc. 2025-14987 Filed 8-6-25; 8:45 am]

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Published Document: 2025-14987 (90 FR 38209)