Comment on FR Doc # 2026-12561
Judith RubinsteinOtherIndividual
Summary: The commenter is seeking clarification regarding a change in the FAR regulations concerning the requirement to transmit notices of proposed contract actions to the GPE. They specifically ask if the omission of an exception for certain international defense acquisitions was intentional or an oversight.
The pre-RFO FAR 5.202(a)(12) stated that the requirement to transmit notices of proposed contract actions to the GPE did not apply when "[t]he proposed contract action is by a Defense agency and the proposed contract action will be made and performed outside the United States and its outlying areas, and only local sources will be solicited" and that this exception did not apply to proposed contract actions covered by the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement or a Free Trade Agreement.
The proposed text of post-RFO FAR 5.101(b) does not exempt acquisitions of the type described in pre-RFO FAR 5.202(a)(12) from the requirement to post a presolicitation notice to the GPE.
Is there a reason for this omission, or was this omission an oversight?