Nearly a year ago, the Defense Department proposed a change to its FAR Supplement (DFARS or DoD FAR Supplement) that would allow contracting officers to close out contracts (or groups of contracts( without completing a reconciliation audit or other corrective action under certain circumstances (see DoD FAR Proposed Regulation to Expedite Closeout of Old Contracts). Although published as a proposed change, it followed a class deviation to FAR 4.804-5(a)(3) which effectively implemented the new policy (see Special Closeout Authority for Old Contracts).
SOURCE: Expedited Closeout for Contracts Greater Than 17 Years
New Regulation Formalizes Ombudsman Practice and Identity for IDIQ Contracts
An ‘ombudsman’ is an official charged with addressing and/or investigating the interests of individuals’ or companies’
