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The Final Rule also makes many changes to 2 CFR Parts 180 and 200, including, but not limited to, increasing the threshold for audits, clarifying the requirements for fixed amount awards, and implementing a mandatory disclosure rule. Contractors that have a procurement relationship with a recipient are not required to obtain a UEI.
To be at the 100-employee threshold, the employer must be a “business enterprise that employs— (i) 100 or more employees, excluding part-time employees; or (ii) 100 or more employees, including part-time employees, who in the aggregate work at least 4,000 hours per week, exclusive of hours of overtime.” [57]
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128.401(e)) Programs. 121.104, that there are “three, narrow exceptions to the general rule that the date on which size is determined for an order or agreement against a [multiple award contract (MAC)] is dependent on whether the underlying MAC was set aside for small business or unrestricted.” 121.104), HUBZone (13 C.F.R. 745 (2023).
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13] Fourth , “the PPI includes government purchases, while the CPI does not[.]” [14] Because of the differences, for Governmentcontracts cost and pricing analysis, PPI tends to provide better benchmarks for non-commercial supply or construction contracts. This is particularly true in the Governmentcontracts space.
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