Federal Acquisition Regulation
Available Acquisition Flexibilities
FAR
18.1In this section
GeneralFAR
18.101System for Award ManagementFAR 18.102Synopses of proposed contract actionsFAR 18.103Unusual and compelling urgencyFAR 18.104Federal Supply Schedules (FSSs), multi-agency blanket purchase agreements (BPAs), and multi-agency indefinite delivery contractsFAR 18.105Acquisitions from Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (FPI)FAR 18.106AbilityOne specification changesFAR 18.107Qualifications requirementsFAR 18.108Priorities and allocationsFAR 18.109Soliciting from a single sourceFAR 18.110Oral requests for proposalsFAR 18.111Letter contractsFAR 18.112Interagency acquisitionsFAR 18.113Contracting with the Small Business Administration (The 8(a) Program)FAR 18.114HUBZone sole source awardsFAR 18.115Service-disabled Veteran-owned Small Business (SDVOSB) sole source awardsFAR 18.116Awards to economically disadvantaged women-owned small business concerns and women-owned small business concerns eligible under the Women-Owned Small Business ProgramFAR 18.117Overtime approvalsFAR 18.118Trade agreementsFAR 18.119[Reserved]FAR 18.120Bid guaranteesFAR 18.121Advance paymentsFAR 18.122Assignment of claimsFAR 18.123Electronic funds transferFAR 18.124Protest to GAOFAR 18.125Contractor rent-free use of Government propertyFAR 18.126Extraordinary contractual actionsFAR 18.127
Source date: Jul 28, 2026
Record identifier
18.1