# 2026-08900: White House Pushes Pay-for-Results in Federal Contracts Overhaul

2026-08900, Promoting Efficiency, Accountability, and Performance in Federal Contracting, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2026-05-05, effective 2026-04-30; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-04).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-08900
- As of: 2026-11-04
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-08900
- Title: Promoting Efficiency, Accountability, and Performance in Federal Contracting
- Type: Presidential Document
- Agencies: Executive Office of the President
- Citation: 91 FR 24325
- Published: 2026-05-05
- Effective: 2026-04-30
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-04

## In one line

White House Pushes Pay-for-Results in Federal Contracts Overhaul

## Summary

The government is switching to smarter contracts that pay for results, not just costs. This change affects federal agencies and contractors, aiming to save taxpayer money by using fixed-price deals that reward good work and punish poor performance. Starting now, cost-reimbursement contracts will be rare and tightly controlled, making federal spending more predictable and efficient.

## Effects PRIA read

- Default to Fixed-Price Contracts: mixed, high. If you run a business that contracts with the federal government, the Administration made fixed-price contracts the default method of procurement as of April 30, 2026. The order says cost-reimbursement contracts should be rare and tightly controlled and notes about $120 billion was obligated on cos…
- New Approval Thresholds for Non-Fixed Contracts: cost, medium. If you bid on non-fixed-price federal work, written approval by the agency head is required when the contract (or the non-fixed portion of a hybrid contract) exceeds certain values: $100,000,000 for Department of War contracts; $35,000,000 for NASA; $25,000,000 for Department of Homeland Security;…
- 90-Day Review to Restructure Top Non-Fixed Contracts: cost, medium. Within 90 days of April 30, 2026, each agency head must review and, to the maximum extent practicable, seek to modify or renegotiate its 10 largest non-fixed-price contracts to facilitate fixed prices and performance-based incentives. The requirement excludes contracts for research and development/…
- Exceptions for Emergencies and R&D Contracts: benefit, medium. The order explicitly exempts from the new default rules any contracts that support response to an emergency, major disaster, or contingency operation (see FAR Part 2) and contracts that involve research and development or pre-production development for major systems acquisition (see FAR Parts 34-35…

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## Sources
- [2026-08900 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/05/2026-08900/promoting-efficiency-accountability-and-performance-in-federal-contracting)
- [2026-08900 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-05/pdf/2026-08900.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-08900 (as of 2026-11-04).