A Tool To Assess The Forthcoming Major Changes To The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

 

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GSA is working with the FAR Council and other stakeholders on major changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation. "WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY" - " FAR overhaul: The challenges in tackling federal procurement’s 5,000-page beast"

Examine the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) "Contracting Cone" as a utility in understanding changes by the Federal Government to the FAR and associated acquisition processes.

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"The Contracting Cone outlines the full spectrum of available FAR and Non-FAR contract strategies. The supporting materials provide details about each contracting strategy, to enable collaborative discussions to select the right strategy based on environment, constraints, and desired outcomes. The goal of the interactive graphic below is to provide visibility into new or lesser known strategies and ensure the full range of contract strategies are considered.

Click on the strategies in the tables below to explore the details."

FAR Based
Fed Supply Schedules (FAR 8.4)	Task Order/Delivery OrderBlanket Purchase Agreement
Commercial Items (FAR 12)
Simplified (FAR 13)	Micro PurchasePurchase OrderBlanket Purchase Agreement
Negotiated Contracts (FAR 15)
IDIQ (FAR 16.5)	Single AwardMultiple Award
Letter Contract (FAR 16.603)
Agreements (FAR 16.7)	Basic AgreementBasic Ordering Agreement
Small Business (FAR 19)	Set-AsideDirect 8a
Broad Agency Announcement (FAR 35.016)
SBIR/STTR Programs (15 USC 638)
Commercial Solutions Opening (DFARS 212.2)

Non-FAR
Other Transactions	Research (10 USC 4021)Prototype (10 USC 4022)
Procurement for Experiments (10 USC 4023)
R&D Agreements	CRADA (15 USC 3710a)PIA (15 USC 3715)TIA (32 CFR Part 37)

Scenarios: What Are You Contracting For?

Compare 2-3 Contracting Strategies

Contract Strategy/Contract Type Matrix