{"id":12793,"date":"2018-12-04T19:15:18","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T19:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/12\/04\/agencies-propose-acquisition-rule-change-to-cut-small-business-burden\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:35:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:35:22","slug":"agencies-propose-acquisition-rule-change-to-cut-small-business-burden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/acquisition\/2018\/12\/04\/agencies-propose-acquisition-rule-change-to-cut-small-business-burden\/","title":{"rendered":"Agencies propose rule change to cut burdens on small business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of Defense, the General Services Administration and NASA have proposed a rule change to the Federal Acquisition Regulations that would standardize the limitations on subcontracting across agencies while reducing the burden on small businesses contractors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2018\/12\/04\/2018-25506\/federal-acquisition-regulation-revision-of-limitations-on-subcontracting\" target=_blank>proposed rule change<\/a>, issued in the Federal Register Dec. 4, would adopt the Small Business Administration\u2019s approach to addressing requirements made by the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act that limited the percentage of the contract that awardees could spend on a subcontractor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPrior to passage of section 1651 of the NDAA for FY2013, the limitations on subcontracting and the non-manufacturer rule were inconsistent across the small business programs,\u201d the proposed rule states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor example, for awards under some small business programs, the prime contractor was required to perform a certain percentage of work itself, whereas under other programs, the prime contractor could include subcontracts to \u2018similarly situated entities\u2019 in the percentage of work it performed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NDAA requirements, however, focus on limiting the award amount given to subcontractors, rather than percentages of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs a result, the prime contractor no longer has to track the percentage of costs incurred that it spends performing work itself; it only has to track the percentage of the overall award amount (i.e., contract price) that it spends on subcontractors. For small businesses, this change will reduce a substantial burden associated with tracking and demonstrating compliance with the limitations on subcontracting,\u201d the proposed rule says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese important changes give small businesses greater flexibility on how they choose to comply with the limitations on subcontracting. Under the current FAR clauses, there is only one way for a small business to comply with the limitations: it must spend the required amount on work performed in-house. 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