New sole-source thresholds gives a bigger piece of pie to Tribals and ignores small businesses

New sole-source thresholds gives a bigger piece of pie to Tribals and ignores small businesses

Small businesses aiming to work with the Defense Department are about to see even larger gaps in equity — literally. Proposed in November of 2024, the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council recommended the sole source IDIQ justification threshold to go from $100M to $150M. What this means is the colloquial “super 8as” which currently have $100M sole source contracts without justification and approval see a 50% increase in capability, whereas mor…