As the world’s largest buyer spending nearly $1 trillion on procurement contracts each year, the federal government should be promoting agility, competition and results. Instead, our procurement process, after decades of regulatory buildup, does the precise opposite. It benefits ineffective and entrenched vendors who can afford massive compliance costs at the expense of everyone else — most importantly, the taxpayer.
Procurement is governed by the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), which clocks in at a whopping 2,000-plus pages, 3,000-plus directives and a weight of more than five pounds. It’s a byzantine maze that has been roundly criticized by everyone who has ever had to deal with it, both in and out of government. Reform is long overdue and it is finally here.
(Editor’s note: President Trump issued his executive order, “Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement,” in the late afternoon on April 15).
This administration will overhaul the FAR with plain English, eliminate nearly all non-statutory and duplicative regulations, remove DEI, waste, and wokeness and add helpful buyer guides in place of requirements. We will no longer procure useless and wasteful products like paper straws. We will focus on results above all else — the best products and services at the best cost.
The status quo breeds inefficiency, stagnation and bloat. Each provision and contract clause, which are often obsolete, duplicative and conflict with each ..
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