Guide Helps Small Firms Navigate Latest Federal Contract Changes
Published Date: 5/12/2025
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Summary
This guide helps small businesses understand new government buying rules from FAC 2025-04. It explains changes that affect how small companies can compete for contracts, with no big costs or deadlines to worry about right now. If you’re a small business working with the government, this guide makes sure you’re in the know and ready to roll!
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Guide explains new FAR buying rules
If you are a small business that works with the federal government, this Small Entity Compliance Guide summarizes the changes from Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2025-04 that amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), and explains how those changes affect how small companies can compete for government contracts. The guide is issued jointly by OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA and was prepared under the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act.
No immediate big costs or deadlines
The guide states that the changes summarized from FAC 2025-04 do not impose any big costs or new deadlines for small businesses to worry about right now. This means small businesses do not need to meet new immediate compliance deadlines or expect major new expenses because of these changes at this time.
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