A 16 September 2026 presidential memorandum, Restoring Reciprocity in Government Procurement, directs OMB and the Trade Representative, working with the FAR Council, to identify Canadian-origin items in the federal civil procurement system that can be removed or made non-available, and to point agencies to domestic alternatives. It sets no deadline and contains no rule text.

FAR Case 2026-003 would redefine deficiency around material terms, eliminate pre-competitive-range exchanges, loosen the competitive range, and formally recognize award to the highest technically rated proposal at a fair and reasonable price. Subpart 15.4 contract pricing is largely left alone.

FAR Case 2026-006, published 18 September 2026, would shift contract type selection to a permissive framework, implement Executive Order 14402 through a new justification and approval section at FAR 16.104, and sweep firm-fixed-price level-of-effort term contracts into that requirement. Comments close 19 October 2026.

Executive Order 14427, published 11 September 2026, amends EO 13603 so the Secretary of the Interior holds Defense Production Act energy delegations alongside the Secretary of Energy, each able to act independently. It does not change DPAS priority ratings or any contractor obligation.

Executive Order 14426, signed 8 September 2026 and published 11 September, requires the Secretaries of War and Veterans Affairs to review and modify existing information technology contracts to add an interoperability requirement, and to include that requirement in all future contracts of the same kind.

The FAR Council has moved from planning to rulemaking. What has published, what closed for comment, and what is still coming — updated 21 September 2026 for the second batch of proposed rules, which covers Parts 8, 12, 13, 15, 16 and others this post had listed as still to come.

A July 20, 2026 executive order restricts 10 U.S.C. 4872 waivers starting January 1, 2027 and directs new regulations requiring full indentured bills of materials. Both changes have cost estimating consequences.

The FAR Council issued implementing guidance on 1 July 2026 and the Department of War followed on 15 July. Other-than-fixed-price selections now carry a justification burden, and the reach extends to some contracts already awarded.