Description:

This session examines FAR Parts 8 and 16 under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO), focusing on how these parts shape everyday federal acquisition decisions. Participants will explore the new “required use” category, federal supply schedule, ordering procedures, and contract type flexibility. The session highlights proportionality, commercial-first approaches, and innovative tools like BPAs under IDIQs, phased down-selects, and oral exchanges. Together, these elements are designed to embed efficiency, transparency, and professional judgment into routine acquisition actions.

FAR Part 8 modernizes the required sources framework, consolidates policies, and clarifies when government supply programs and vehicles must be used. FAR Part 16 introduces flexible contract types, streamlines task order execution, and codifies innovations such as on-ramps/off-ramps and BPA authority under multiple-award IDIQs.

Execution is guided by proportionality and spectrum thinking: simpler processes for lower-dollar, lower-risk acquisitions, and more structured approaches for complex, high-value procurements. For practitioners, this session demonstrates how operational changes in the RFO embed speed, fairness, and innovation into daily acquisition workflows.

Who Should Attend This Session:

Federal contracting officers, contract specialists, acquisition planners, program managers, and other federal acquisition professionals who manage or oversee task order contracts, schedule orders, or IDIQ/BPA vehicles.

Prerequisites:

Working knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and general federal procurement procedures.

What You'll Learn:

• Explain the RFO’s impact on everyday acquisition execution under FAR Parts 8 and 16
  
• Apply the updated required use framework and recognize when use of government vehicles is mandatory
  
• Identify flexible contract types and understand options for BPAs under IDIQs
  
• Use proportionality to match acquisition processes to the complexity and risk of the requirement
  
• Implement innovative execution tools such as phased down-selects, oral presentations, and vendor on/off ramps
  
• Recognize where commercial-first thinking support efficiency, fairness, and transparency

Credits: 1.5 CPE/CLP credits for participation

Cost: $55 Members/$69 Non-members

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