CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY RELEASE The Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS) has been amended to require all contractors who provide supplies or services to the Department of Defense (DOD) to be registered on a Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. This includes foreign contractors that do business with DOD inside the United States, but excludes foreign contractors doing business outside the United States. CCR registration will be a condition of award for contracts resulting from solicitations issued after 31 May 1998. Therefore, if a contractor is not registered in the database, he will not be eligible for award of any DOD contract. Further exceptions are listed in the DFARS. This announcement serves as notice that the US Army Contracting Command Europe (USACCE) will award contracts only to those contractors in full compliance with CCR requirements. Further information is available from the CCR Registration Assistance Center at 1-888-227-2423, customer service, or via the internet at http://www.acq.osd.mil/ec/faqs. CCR registration site is at http://ccr.edi.disa.mil.

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