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      <title id="id199DA30G0S8" class="- topic/title ">
         <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">501.501</ph> Solicitation of agency and
public views.</title>
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               <p id="id199DAG00NU4" class="- topic/p ">
                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(a)</ph>
                  
                    A
revision to the FAR or GSAM requires public participation through
the rulemaking process if it is considered to be significant, as
defined at FAR 1.501-1. For example, the revision—</p>
               <ol class="- topic/ol ">
                  <li class="- topic/li ">
                     <p id="id199DAG00WNT" class="- topic/p ">
                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(1)</ph>
                        
                          Contains a new certification
requirement for contractors or offerors that is not imposed by statute
(see FAR 1.107 and <xref href="GSAM-501.107.dita#id199DC0U0119"
                              outputclass="fm:ParaNumOnly"
                              class="- topic/xref ">501.107</xref>); or</p>
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                     <p id="id199DAG0200P" class="- topic/p ">
                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(2)</ph>
                        
                          Will
be used on a repetitive basis and imposes a new requirement for
the collection of information from 10 or more members of the public
(see FAR 1.106).</p>
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            </li>
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               <p id="id199DB000IM1" class="- topic/p ">
                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(b)</ph>
                  
                   A
revision to the FAR or GSAM does not require public participation
through rulemaking if it is not considered to be significant as
defined at FAR 1.501-1. For example, the revision—</p>
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                     <p id="id199DB000IWW" class="- topic/p ">
                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(1)</ph>
                        
                         Is for a single-use intended to
meet the needs of an individual acquisition (<i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">e.g.</i>, a clause
developed as a result of negotiations and documented in the business
clearance or similar document), except for clauses that constitute
a deviation as defined at FAR 1.401; or</p>
                  </li>
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                     <p id="id199DB000I4Y" class="- topic/p ">
                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(2)</ph>
                        
                         Is
used on a repetitive basis, but does not impose a new requirement
for the collection of information from 10 or more members of the
public (<i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">e.g.</i> a requirement for a statement of work)(see FAR
1.106).</p>
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