9000-AO51 202304 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 9000 DOD/GSA/NASA (FAR) FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); FAR CASE 2023-003, Prohibition on the Use of Reverse Auctions for Complex, Specialized, or Substantial Design and Construction Services

DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a proposed rule to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement policies addressing the prohibition on the use of a reverse auction for the award of a contract for complex, specialized, or substantial design and construction services. These prohibitions are the result of the Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2021 (Pub. L. 117-28), which amended the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Pub. L. 116-93), to correct a provision on the prohibition on the use of a reverse auction. Reverse auctions differ from traditional auctions in that sellers compete against one another to provide the lowest price or highest-value offer to a buyer.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No 48 CFR 17 48 CFR 36 48 CFR 52 40 U.S.C. 121(c) 10 U.S.C. ch. 4 10 U.S.C. ch. 137 legacy provisions 10 U.S.C. 3016 51 U.S.C. 20113 No NPRM 10/00/2023 NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/2023 Yes Businesses Federal No www.regulations.gov www.regulations.gov Yes No 9000-AN31 Related to Michael Jackson O. Procurement Analyst 9000 DOD/GSA/NASA (FAR) FAR 202 208-4949 michaelo.jackson@gsa.gov 1800 F Street, NW, Washington DC 20405