FAR Acquisition Threshold Inflation Adjustment
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-09-01 — Increase of Monetary Thresholds and Other Matters Related to Cost Accounting Standards Program Requirements: cross-connection with cost-accounting-standards: Both adjust procurement dollar thresholds upward, narrowing the pool of contracts subject to specialized federal acquisition compliance regimes. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-02-04 — Ensuring Federal Purchasing Efficiency Act: Ensuring Federal Purchasing Efficiency Act (HR7283) — introduced and ordered to be reported (amended); would amend 41 U.S.C. 1908 to require the FAR Council to adjust acquisition-related dollar thresholds (e.g., simplified acquisition threshold, micro-purchase threshold) for inflation every 3 years instead of every 5 years. (novelty: 2)