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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Defense Acquisition Regulations
System
[Docket No. DARS–2020–0011]
Acquisition of Items for Which Federal
Prison Industries Has a Significant
Market Share
Department of Defense (DoD).
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
DoD is publishing the
updated annual list of product
categories for which the Federal Prison
Industries’ share of the DoD market is
greater than five percent.
DATES: April 10, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sonji A. Epps, telephone 703–695–9774.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
On November 19, 2009, a final rule
was published in the Federal Register at
74 FR 59914, which amended the
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation
Supplement (DFARS) subpart 208.6 to
implement Section 827 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2008 (Pub. L. 110–181). Section
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827 changed DoD competition
requirements for purchases from Federal
Prison Industries, Inc. (FPI) by requiring
DoD to publish an annual list of product
categories for which FPI’s share of the
DoD market was greater than five
percent, based on the most recent fiscal
year data available. Product categories
on the current list, and the products
within each identified product category,
must be procured using competitive or
fair opportunity procedures in
accordance with DFARS 208.602–70.
The Acting Principal Director,
Defense Pricing and Contracting (DPC),
issued a memorandum dated March 11,
2020, that provided the current list of
product categories for which FPI’s share
of the DoD market is greater than five
percent based on fiscal year 2019 data
from the Federal Procurement Data
System. The product categories to be
competed effective April 10, 2020, are
the following:
• 7110 (Office Furniture)
• 7125 (Cabinets, Lockers, Bins, and
Shelving)
• 7210 (Household Furnishings)
• 8405 (Outerwear, Men’s)
• 8415 (Clothing, Special Purpose)
• 8420 (Underwear and Nightwear,
Mend’s)
The DPC memorandum with the
current list of product categories for
which FPI has a significant market share
is posted at: https://www.acq.osd.mil/
dpap/cpic/cp/specific_policy_
areas.html#federal_prison.
The statute, as implemented, also
requires DoD to—
(1) Include FPI in the solicitation
process for these items. A timely offer
from FPI must be considered and award
procedures must be followed in
accordance with existing policy at
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
8.602(a)(4)(ii) through (v);
(2) Continue to conduct acquisitions,
in accordance with FAR subpart 8.6, for
items from product categories for which
FPI does not have a significant market
share. FAR 8.602 requires agencies to
conduct market research and make a
written comparability determination, at
the discretion of the contracting officer.
Competitive (or fair opportunity)
procedures are appropriate if the FPI
product is not comparable in terms of
price, quality, or time of delivery; and
(3) Modify the published list if DoD
subsequently determines that new data
requires adding or omitting a product
category from the list.
Jennifer Lee Hawes,
Regulatory Control Officer, Defense
Acquisition Regulations System.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Defense Acquisition Regulations System
[Docket No. DARS-2020-0011]
Acquisition of Items for Which Federal Prison Industries Has a
Significant Market Share
AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: DoD is publishing the updated annual list of product
categories for which the Federal Prison Industries' share of the DoD
market is greater than five percent.
DATES: April 10, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sonji A. Epps, telephone 703-695-9774.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
On November 19, 2009, a final rule was published in the Federal
Register at 74 FR 59914, which amended the Defense Federal Acquisition
Regulation Supplement (DFARS) subpart 208.6 to implement Section 827 of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Pub. L.
110-181). Section 827 changed DoD competition requirements for
purchases from Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (FPI) by requiring DoD
to publish an annual list of product categories for which FPI's share
of the DoD market was greater than five percent, based on the most
recent fiscal year data available. Product categories on the current
list, and the products within each identified product category, must be
procured using competitive or fair opportunity procedures in accordance
with DFARS 208.602-70.
The Acting Principal Director, Defense Pricing and Contracting
(DPC), issued a memorandum dated March 11, 2020, that provided the
current list of product categories for which FPI's share of the DoD
market is greater than five percent based on fiscal year 2019 data from
the Federal Procurement Data System. The product categories to be
competed effective April 10, 2020, are the following:
7110 (Office Furniture)
7125 (Cabinets, Lockers, Bins, and Shelving)
7210 (Household Furnishings)
8405 (Outerwear, Men's)
8415 (Clothing, Special Purpose)
8420 (Underwear and Nightwear, Mend's)
The DPC memorandum with the current list of product categories for
which FPI has a significant market share is posted at: https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/cpic/cp/specific_policy_areas.html#federal_prison.
The statute, as implemented, also requires DoD to--
(1) Include FPI in the solicitation process for these items. A
timely offer from FPI must be considered and award procedures must be
followed in accordance with existing policy at Federal Acquisition
Regulation (FAR) 8.602(a)(4)(ii) through (v);
(2) Continue to conduct acquisitions, in accordance with FAR
subpart 8.6, for items from product categories for which FPI does not
have a significant market share. FAR 8.602 requires agencies to conduct
market research and make a written comparability determination, at the
discretion of the contracting officer. Competitive (or fair
opportunity) procedures are appropriate if the FPI product is not
comparable in terms of price, quality, or time of delivery; and
(3) Modify the published list if DoD subsequently determines that
new data requires adding or omitting a product category from the list.
Jennifer Lee Hawes,
Regulatory Control Officer, Defense Acquisition Regulations System.
[FR Doc. 2020-08061 Filed 4-21-20; 8:45 am]
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