FAR Part 16 Types of Contracts

Part Federal Acquisition Regulation

Part facts

Citation
FAR Part 16
Type
Part
Last amended
90 FR 41872 Effective Oct 1, 2025
Proposed changes
6
Text as of
FAC 2026-01
Official text
acquisition.gov

Text from acquisition.gov. Federal Register history from the Federal Register's records of the rules that amended this part.

Contents

Federal Register history

Final rule Published Effective
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds 90 FR 41872 · FAC 2025-06, FAR Case 2024-001
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Rerepresentation of Size and Socioeconomic Status 90 FR 517 · FAC 2025-03
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments 89 FR 30252 · FAC 2024-05
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Update to Title 10 Citations 87 FR 73894 · FAC 2023-01
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Update to Certain Online References in the FAR 86 FR 71323 · FAC 2022-02
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revision of Definition of “Commercial Item”; Correction 86 FR 64407 · FAC 2022-01
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revision of Definition of “Commercial Item” 86 FR 61017 · FAC 2022-01
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Application of Micro-Purchase Threshold to Task and Delivery Orders 86 FR 31073 · FAC 2021-06
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Source Selection Process 86 FR 3679 · FAC 2021-03
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds 85 FR 62485 · FAC 2021-01, FAR Case 2019-013, Docket No. FAR-2019-0013
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Increased Micro-Purchase and Simplified Acquisition Thresholds 85 FR 40064 · FAC 2020-07
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Evaluation Factors for Multiple-Award Contracts 85 FR 40068 · FAC 2020-07
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Set-Asides Under Multiple-Award Contracts 85 FR 11746 · FAC 2020-05
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Ombudsman for Indefinite-Delivery Contracts 84 FR 38836 · FAC 2019-04
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments 84 FR 19839 · FAC 2019-02
Federal Acquisition Regulation: System for Award Management Registration 83 FR 48691 · FAC 2005-101
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments 83 FR 42571 · FAC 2005-100
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Task- and Delivery-Order Protests 83 FR 19145 · FAC 2005-98
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Uniform Use of Line Items 82 FR 4709 · FAC 2005-95
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Consolidation and Bundling 81 FR 67763 · FAC 2005-91
Federal Acquisition Regulation; OMB Circular Citation Update 81 FR 45852 · FAC 2005-89
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds; Correction 80 FR 53753 · FAC 2005-83
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds 80 FR 38293 · FAC 2005-83
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments 79 FR 70348 · FAC 2005-78
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Positive Law Codification of Title 41 79 FR 24192 · FAC 2005-73
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Repeal of Sunset for Certain Protests of Task or Delivery Order Contracts 78 FR 46792 · FAC 2005-69
Federal Acquisition Regulation; System for Award Management Name Change, Phase 1 Implementation 78 FR 37676 · FAC 2005-67
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Changes to Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts and Orders 78 FR 13766 · FAC 2005-66
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Extension of Sunset Date for Protests of Task and Delivery Orders 78 FR 6187 · FAC 2005-65
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Payments Under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts 77 FR 44059 · FAC 2005-60
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Extension of Sunset Date for Protests of Task and Delivery Orders 77 FR 44062 · FAC 2005-60
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments 77 FR 44065 · FAC 2005-60
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Proper Use and Management of Cost-Reimbursement Contracts 77 FR 12925 · FAC 2005-56
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Requirements for Acquisitions Pursuant to Multiple-Award Contracts 77 FR 12927 · FAC 2005-56
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Brand-Name Specifications; Correction 77 FR 3636 · Correction
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Set-Asides for Small Business; Extension of Comment Period 77 FR 1889 · FAC 2005-54
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Brand-Name Specifications 77 FR 189 · FAC 2005-55
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Proposed changes

Proposed rule Published Comments
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 16, 17, and 35 91 FR 59476 · FAR Case 2026-006, Docket No. FAR-2026-0006, Sequence No. 1 Closed Oct 19, 2026No final rule found
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Small Business Participation on Certain Multiple-Award Contracts 90 FR 24773 · FAR Case 2023-011, Docket No. FAR-2023-0011, Sequence No. 1 No final rule found
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Protests of Orders Under Certain Multiple-Award Contracts 90 FR 24774 · FAR Case 2024-007, Docket No. FAR-2024-0007, Sequence No. 1 No final rule found
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition 90 FR 4376 · FAR Case 2023-006, Docket No. FAR-2023-0006, Sequence No. 1 Closed Mar 17, 2025No final rule found
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Small Business Participation on Certain Multiple-Award Contracts 90 FR 3753 · FAR Case 2023-011, Docket No. FAR-2023-0011, Sequence No. 1 Closed Mar 17, 2025No final rule found
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Protests of Orders Under Certain Multiple-Award Contracts 90 FR 3761 · FAR Case 2024-007, Docket No. FAR-2024-0007, Sequence No. 1 Closed Mar 17, 2025No final rule found

Quick answers

What is FAR Part 16?

FAR Part 16 is a part of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, titled "Types of Contracts".

When was FAR Part 16 last changed?

The most recent final rule on record is "Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds" (90 FR 41872), published Aug 27, 2025 and effective Oct 1, 2025.

Are changes to FAR Part 16 proposed?

6 proposed changes have no final rule yet.

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