FAR Part 18 Emergency Acquisitions

Part Federal Acquisition Regulation

Part facts

Citation
FAR Part 18
Type
Part
Last amended
89 FR 101828 Effective Dec 16, 2024
Proposed changes
2
Text as of
FAC 2026-01
Official text
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Text from acquisition.gov. Federal Register history from the Federal Register's records of the rules that amended this part.

Contents

  • 18.000 Scope of part
  • 18.001 Definition
  • Subpart 18.1 Available Acquisition Flexibilities
    • 18.101 General
    • 18.102 System for Award Management
    • 18.103 Synopses of proposed contract actions
    • 18.104 Unusual and compelling urgency
    • 18.105 Federal Supply Schedules (FSSs), multi-agency blanket purchase agreements (BPAs), and multi-agency indefinite delivery contracts
    • 18.106 Acquisitions from Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (FPI)
    • 18.107 AbilityOne specification changes
    • 18.108 Qualifications requirements
    • 18.109 Priorities and allocations
    • 18.110 Soliciting from a single source
    • 18.111 Oral requests for proposals
    • 18.112 Letter contracts
    • 18.113 Interagency acquisitions
    • 18.114 Contracting with the Small Business Administration (The 8(a) Program)
    • 18.115 HUBZone sole source awards
    • 18.116 Service-disabled Veteran-owned Small Business (SDVOSB) sole source awards
    • 18.117 Awards to economically disadvantaged women-owned small business concerns and women-owned small business concerns eligible under the Women-Owned Small Business Program
    • 18.118 Overtime approvals
    • 18.119 Trade agreements
    • 18.120 Reserved
    • 18.121 Bid guarantees
    • 18.122 Advance payments
    • 18.123 Assignment of claims
    • 18.124 Electronic funds transfer
    • 18.125 Protest to GAO
    • 18.126 Contractor rent-free use of Government property
    • 18.127 Extraordinary contractual actions
  • Subpart 18.2 Emergency Acquisition Flexibilities
    • 18.201 Contingency operation
    • 18.202 Defense or recovery from certain events
    • 18.203 Emergency declaration or major disaster declaration
    • 18.204 Humanitarian or peacekeeping operation
    • 18.205 Resources

Federal Register history

Final rule Published Effective
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Certification of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses 89 FR 101828 · FAC 2025-02
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Sustainable Procurement 89 FR 30212 · FAC 2024-05
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Certification of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses 89 FR 13950 · FAC 2024-03, FAR Case 2022-009
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Update to Title 10 Citations 87 FR 73894 · FAC 2023-01
Federal Acquisition Regulation: United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement 87 FR 73890 · FAC 2023-01
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments 87 FR 24843 · FAC 2022-06
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; Technical Amendments 85 FR 40076 · FAC 2020-07
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Special Emergency Procurement Authority 84 FR 19835 · 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; Contracts Under the Small Business Administration 8(a) Program 82 FR 4724 · FAC 2005-95
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Sole Source Contracts for Women-Owned Small Businesses 81 FR 67735 · FAC 2005-91
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Simplified Acquisition Threshold for Overseas Acquisitions in Support of Humanitarian or Peacekeeping Operations 81 FR 30438 · FAC 2005-88
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Sole Source Contracts for Women-Owned Small Businesses 80 FR 81888 · FAC 2005-86
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Permanent Authority for Use of Simplified Acquisition Procedures for Certain Commercial Items 80 FR 38311 · FAC 2005-83
Federal Acquisition Regulation; System for Award Management Name Change, Phase 1 Implementation 78 FR 37676 · FAC 2005-67
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program 77 FR 12913 · FAC 2005-56 · Corrected Mar 9, 2012
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Requirements for Acquisitions Pursuant to Multiple-Award Contracts 77 FR 12927 · FAC 2005-56
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Preventing Abuse of Interagency Contracts 77 FR 183 · FAC 2005-55
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Brand-Name Specifications 77 FR 189 · FAC 2005-55
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Transition to the System for Award Management (SAM) 77 FR 187 · FAC 2005-55
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program 76 FR 18304 · FAC 2005-51
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Requirements for Acquisitions Pursuant to Multiple-Award Contracts 76 FR 14548 · FAC 2005-50
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments 76 FR 14572 · FAC 2005-50
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Preventing Abuse of Interagency Contracts 75 FR 77733 · FAC 2005-47
Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2008-035, Registry of Disaster Response Contractors 75 FR 38683 · FAC 2005-43
Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2008-035, Registry of Disaster Response Contractors 74 FR 52847 · FAC 2005-37
Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2009-003, National Response Framework 74 FR 52859 · FAC 2005-37
Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2006-023, SAFETY Act: Implementation of DHS Regulations 74 FR 2733 · FAC 2005-30
Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2007-015, Administrative Changes to the FPI Blanket Waiver and the JWOD Program Name 73 FR 53994 · FAC 2005-27
Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2006-014, Local Community Recovery Act of 2006 73 FR 53995 · FAC 2005-27
Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2006-033, Revisions to the Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) 73 FR 21783 · FAC 2005-25
Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 1999-402, FAR Part 27 Rewrite in Plain Language 72 FR 63045 · FAC 2005-21
Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2006-023, SAFETY Act: Implementation of DHS Regulations 72 FR 63027 · FAC 2005-21
Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2006-014, Local Community Recovery Act of 2006 72 FR 63084 · FAC 2005-21
Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2005-038, Emergency Acquisitions 72 FR 46342 · FAC 2005-19
Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2004-025, Government Property 72 FR 27364 · FAC 2005-17
Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2005-038, Emergency Acquisitions 71 FR 38247 · FAC 2005-11
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Proposed changes

Proposed rule Published Comments
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 6, 7, 10, 18, 26, 37, and 41 91 FR 37636 · FAR Case 2026-002, Docket No. FAR-2026-0002, Sequence No. 1 Closed Jul 23, 2026No 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

Quick answers

What is FAR Part 18?

FAR Part 18 is a part of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, titled "Emergency Acquisitions".

When was FAR Part 18 last changed?

The most recent final rule on record is "Federal Acquisition Regulation: Certification of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses" (89 FR 101828), published Dec 16, 2024 and effective Dec 16, 2024.

Are changes to FAR Part 18 proposed?

2 proposed changes have no final rule yet.

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