FAR Updates Reflect New Certification Requirements For SDVOSBs

On Dec. 16, 2024, the Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) adopted, as final, without change, an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement regulatory changes made by the Small Business Administration (SBA) in its final rules published on Nov.29, 2022, at 87 FR 73400 and at 88 FR 42592 on July 3, 2023, to implement Section 862 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021. This final rule also partially implements Section 863 of the NDAA for FY 2022, as implemented by the SBA in its final rule published on April 27, 2023, at 88 FR 26164.