The FAR Council invited small entities to comment on the existing regulations the overhaul would remove. ASBCC accepted — and counted, from the government's own data, what the Council's analysis never did.

Sixteen pages on what the rewrite of Parts 5, 6, 7, and 10 does to the front door of the federal marketplace — grounded in our reproducible analysis of roughly 30 million contract actions, FY2022–FY2026.

Before commenting on substance, ASBCC asked the FAR Council for adequate time — 90 days, or at minimum the 60 that Executive Order 12866 treats as the norm — to analyze a rewrite spanning more than a thousand pages of regulatory text.

ASBCC is proud to announce its role as a National Partner Organization in the Restore Fair Access™ campaign. This critical initiative unites small businesses, local communities, and economic advocates nationwide to protect fair access to federal contracts, secure economic opportunities for all businesses, and preserve a vibrant, competitive American economy.

A sweeping Executive Order may be quietly dismantling decades of small business contracting protections — with no public notice, no Congressional oversight, and no clear plan to preserve access.

ASBCC’s new memo breaks it down: what’s at risk, what the law actually requires, and why this matters for communities, innovation, and America’s defense base.

Action Required: DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to issue policy on small business participation on certain multiple-award contracts. Interested parties should submit written comments to the Regulatory Secretariat Division at the address shown below on or before March 17, 2025, to be considered in the formation of the final rule.