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Proposed Increases to Micro-Purchase, Simplified Acquisition, and Other Thresholds

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1908 to adjust the statutory acquisition thresholds for inflation, such as the Micro-Purchase Threshold, Simplified Acquisition Threshold, and others. As such, the government is once again looking to increase these thresholds in light of the inflation that has occurred over the past five years. million to $9.5

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OMB Issues Command to Increase Small Business Participation on MACs

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The White House has issued a memorandum that calls for specific procedures for Increasing Small Business Participation on Multiple-Award Contracts. “Maximize orders to small businesses under the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT) to the maximum extent practicable.” Make BICs work for small business.

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Back to Basics: Small Business Sole Source Awards

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We most frequently see them used for contracts made to participants in the 8(a) Small Business Development Program, but the other programs (WOSB, SDVOSB, and HUBZone) have the ability to make sole source awards as well. 8(a) Sole Source Awards Since the majority of sole source awards are made to 8(a) Program participants, let’s start there.

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The SBA doubles down on the Rule of Two

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So the Rule of Two requires federal agencies to set aside procurements for small businesses where there’s a reasonable expectation that at least two small businesses will be able to submit offers at fair market prices and otherwise competitive in terms of quality and delivery. Tom Temin: And that goes back to the 1980s, right?

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As the Acquisition World Turns: OFPP turns heat up on primes

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The micro-purchase threshold, the simplified acquisition threshold, the 8(a) sole source contract ceiling and several other similar acquisition limits are likely to increase in 2025. The SBPCD is the prime contractor’s proposed response to the small business participation evaluation factors. In a proposed rule from Nov.

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A Bridge (Not) Too Far: Prohibition on Dividing up Contracts to get Under 8(a) Sole Source Dollar Limit Doesn’t Apply to Bridge Contracts

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124.506 , if an 8(a) contract price would exceed a certain threshold ($7 million for manufacturing contracts, $4.5 It would sole source the first part to 8(a) participant Peregrine Advisors Benefit, Inc. Peregrine) and compete the second part, worth $43 million, for 8(a) participants to bid on. Under 13 C.F.R.

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Breaking down barriers: The challenges of federal micro-purchases for small businesses

Federal News Network

This reliance on established vendors may result in less competitive pricing and a reduced ability to leverage cutting-edge technologies and solutions. Increasing the micro-purchase threshold would align with the spirit of FAR Part 13 by promoting the procurement of commercially available solutions in a streamlined manner.