{"id":30105,"date":"2025-04-23T03:56:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T10:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/trump-orders-federal-procurement-overhaul\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T03:56:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T10:56:07","slug":"trump-orders-federal-procurement-overhaul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/trump-orders-federal-procurement-overhaul\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump orders federal procurement overhaul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech\">\n    <button class=\"text-to-speech__button button\"><\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"text-to-speech__button__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/static\/images\/audio_icon.svg?482016190122\" alt=\"-\"><\/p>\n<p>        Listen to the article<br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-to-speech__button__audio-length\">3 min<\/span><br \/>\n    <\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls\">\n        <audio controls=\"\" class=\"js-text-to-speech\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/dmgi9movl\/video\/upload\/q_1\/v1745340688\/news\/text_to_speech\/trump-federal-procurement-overhaul-far_r3f0bz.wav\" type=\"audio\/mp3\"><\/source><\/audio><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls__text\">\n            This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">feedback<\/a>.\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"standard-heading\"><span><span><span><span><span><span>Dive Brief:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>President Donald Trump last week <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/04\/restoring-common-sense-to-federal-procurement\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>ordered federal agencies to overhaul<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> their procurement systems and regulations. It\u2019s the biggest effort to modernize how <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/federalnewsnetwork.com\/acquisition-policy\/2025\/04\/two-eos-continue-biggest-overhaul-of-federal-acquisition-since-1990s\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>federal agencies buy products and services<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> since Congress passed the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act and the Federal Acquisition Reform Act into law in the \u201890s, according to Federal News Network.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Trump\u2019s April 15 executive order said the FAR had evolved \u201cinto an excessive and overcomplicated regulatory framework.\u201d He called for it to include only those \u201cprovisions required by statute or essential to sound procurement,\u201d and said any provisions that do not advance these objectives should be removed.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>In a second order on April 16, Trump also directed agencies to <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/04\/ensuring-commercial-cost-effective-solutions-in-federal-contracts\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>purchase only commercially available products and services<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>, rather than unique government systems or custom solutions, unless they are given a waiver from the agency\u2019s approval authority.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"standard-heading\"><span><span><span><span><span><span>Dive Insight:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The FAR was enacted in 1984 to establish uniform procedures for acquisitions across executive departments and agencies. Now the Office of Federal Procurement Policy within the White House\u2019s Office of Management and Budget will conduct the sweeping review and rewrite of the FAR within 180 days of Trump\u2019s April 15 order.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cLed by OFPP, the FAR Council will rewrite the FAR in plain English, eliminate non-statutory and duplicative regulations, remove DEI and wokeness and add buyer guides in place of burdensome and outdated requirements,\u201d according to the order.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The FAR incorporates regulations like Buy American, the Service Contract Act, the Competition and Contracting Act and the Davis-Bacon Act. It\u2019s not yet clear how they will be altered, but the administration has expressed strong support for domestic purchasing requirements, saying in an <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/fact-sheets\/2025\/04\/report-to-the-president-on-the-america-first-trade-policy-executive-summary\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>April 3 fact sheet<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> that \u201cBuy American is the epitome of common-sense public policy.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>That means civil builders need to be ready to adapt. Although Trump\u2019s order aims to simplify the procurement system, it also sets in motion a period of <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dentons.com\/en\/insights\/alerts\/2025\/april\/17\/dynamic-change-continues-in-federal-procurement-policy\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>regulatory uncertainty that may prove challenging<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> for federal contractors, according to an April 17 post by lawyers at global law firm Dentons.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cContractors may be forced to navigate a fragmented environment where some agencies adopt new deviations and reforms more quickly than others, and contracts almost certainly will be subject to a patchwork of requirements depending on when they were awarded, creating inconsistency across the federal procurement landscape,\u201d according to the Dentons lawyers.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The transitional period may increase internal costs because contractors will need to update compliance systems, retrain staff and reassess risk management strategies, per Dentons.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Trump set a 15-day deadline for agencies to designate a senior procurement official to work with the FAR Council and a 20-day deadline for the OMB director to provide guidance to agencies.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The second Trump administration has been moving quickly to update the rules governing how projects get done. On April 15, Trump also ordered federal agencies to integrate <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/trump-permitting-tech-reform-construction-environment\/745871\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>technology into their permit reviews<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> in an effort to speed up the processing time for infrastructure projects.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/trump-federal-procurement-overhaul-far\/745981\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. 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