Government procurement regulators are tweaking the numbers on the simplified acquisition threshold, making it easier for agencies to make some purchases without going through burdensome procedures.

FAR Part 13 implements simplified procedures for the acquisition of noncommercial products and services valued at or below the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT) in accordance with 41 U.S.C.

Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., speaks during a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 12, 2025. (Photo by ALEX WROBLEWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) A bill ...

* The simplified acquisition threshold was changed to $250,000 by statute (see FAR Case 2018-004). No further increase in the basic threshold is proposed, as there has been insufficient inflation.

On April 13, 2018, The Department of Defense (DoD) issued Class Deviation 2018-O00013, which consolidates and supersedes two prior class deviations that increased the micro-purchase and simplified ...

FORT DRUM, New York (April 16, 2019) -- A significant reduction in the time it takes to procure commodities through the Simplified Acquisition Threshold Supply Procurement Program is garnering praise ...

A top technology trade group is nudging the leadership of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the House Oversight and Accountability committees to advance a bill aimed at ...

One suggestion could make the cutthroat procurement process even harder for smaller contractors. Recent proposals from the General Services Administration might slash through some red tape for ...

A new bill introduced this week is the latest attempt to prevent tax delinquents from winning federal contracts — or competing for government work at all. A new bill introduced this week is the latest ...