On December 27, 2001, the ruling was repealed by the FAR Council in response to industry comments and its own assessment of the ruling's merits.
Blacklisting Rule Repealed 01.14.2002
January 14, 2002
No Comments
A ruling was passed in 2000 by the FAR Council in which a firm may be effectively
blacklisted from federal contracts if a contracting officer had reason to
believe there was evidence that the firm, or its principles, had violated or
been noncompliant regarding a variety of contractor responsibility, labor
relations costs, and legal costs issues. The ruling had been challenged by a
number of industry associations, and a lawsuit even filed by some of them.