Bennett Gebken

31 class deviations. 30 DFARS parts revised. Effective December 18, 2025. The Revolutionary FAR Overhaul just hit DoD contracting. Miss these changes, and your next proposal quotes dead language. Three Executive Orders drove this. EO 14275 on common sense procurement. EO 14265 on defense acquisition modernization. OMB Memo M-25-26 mandates the FAR overhaul. DoD moved fast, using class deviations as interim measures while formal rulemaking catches up. What actually changed? Acquisition planning streamlined. Parts 207 and 210 cut documentation burdens for market research and planning. Less paperwork. Faster timelines. Commercial products prioritized. Part 212 revisions push COTS-first. If commercial solutions exist, custom development becomes harder to justify. Competition rules simplified. Part 206 changes reduce barriers to entry. More pathways for nontraditional vendors to compete on an equal footing. Emergency acquisitions accelerated. Part 218 revisions speed up urgent capability delivery. When speed matters, bureaucracy steps aside. Contract financing improved. Part 232 updates help contractors working on government programs improve cash flow. Simplified acquisition procedures expanded. Part 213 revisions raise thresholds and reduce friction for smaller buys. More work is moving under simplified procedures rather than full FAR compliance. The scope is broad. Everything from bonds and insurance (Part 228) to R&D contracting (Part 235) to IT acquisition (Part 239) got touched. Even value engineering (Part 248) and termination procedures (Part 249) were revised. Reality check for contractors. These deviations apply to new solicitations, contracts, task orders, and delivery orders issued on or after December 18, 2025. Some ongoing actions have exceptions. RFO definitions supersede FAR 2.101 where conflicts arise. If you're quoting old FAR language in proposals, verify it still applies. Full line-out documents showing strikethroughs and revisions are posted on the official DoD acquisition site. Review them before your next submission. The government just removed excuses for slow procurement. Contractors who can't match that velocity will watch faster competitors take their share. How many of these 31 deviations has your team actually read? ---------- Like this content? Join our newsletter. Link located below my name 👆

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#TuneInTuesday This week’s Success After Service (SAS) episode of GovCon Unscripted dives into one of the biggest tensions in GovCon. Moving fast vs following the rules. Matt MacGregor spent 20+ years inside the Pentagon working acquisition reform, policy, and modernization. In this conversation, we talk about what’s actually slowing programs down, why OTAs matter, and why leadership decisions often matter more than policy changes. If you work in GovCon, acquisition, defense tech, or federal contracting, this one hits home. Here's the link to the full episode: https://lnkd.in/eaiajRhY #govcon #defenseacquisition #acquisitionreform #federalcontracting #dod #governmentcontracting #ota #mta #sas #govconunscripted Matt MacGregor David Bray, PhD Eric Coffie Daniel Gomez Jeff Shapiro Michelle Burnett Dan Ward Sumner Lee Joyce Bosc Michelle Gardner-Ince, Colonel USAF, Retired Luke Shabro Marsha Lindquist Lawrence Pokroy David Schiff Renee Glendenning Greg Glendenning Gene Moran, Ph.D. Katie Bigelow Kevin Plexico Brian Pultro Tan Wilson Jena Jones Giles W. Robert Fehlen Al Vega Natasha Velez, CECM, CF APMP Art Trevethan Kris Brinker Tom Barrow Katie Helwig Alexa Tsui Andy Semotiuk Callye Keen Noura Bashshur Christine Hopkins

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