Federal Acquisition Regulation; Increased Federal Prison Industries, Inc. Waiver Threshold

Resumo

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have adopted as final, without change, an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to increase the blanket waiver threshold for small dollar value purchases from Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (FPI) by Federal agencies. By increasing this threshold to $2,500, Federal agencies are not required to make purchases from FPI of products on FPI's Schedule that are at or below this threshold.