FAR Part 42 Contract Administration and Audit Services

Part Federal Acquisition Regulation

Part facts

Citation
FAR Part 42
Type
Part
Last amended
90 FR 41872 Effective Oct 1, 2025
Proposed changes
2
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: Subcontracting to Puerto Rican and Covered Territory Small Businesses 90 FR 523 · FAC 2025-03
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Sustainable Procurement 89 FR 30212 · FAC 2024-05
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Update to Title 10 Citations 87 FR 73894 · FAC 2023-01
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: Good Faith in Small Business Subcontracting 86 FR 44249 · FAC 2021-07
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments 86 FR 44255 · FAC 2021-07
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments 86 FR 31074 · FAC 2021-06
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Removal of FAR Appendix 85 FR 67613 · FAC 2021-02
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; Set-Asides Under Multiple-Award Contracts 85 FR 11746 · FAC 2020-05
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Update to Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) 84 FR 47865 · FAC 2019-06
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Removal of Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Rule 82 FR 51527 · FAC 2005-96 · Corrected Nov 8, 2017
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Uniform Use of Line Items 82 FR 4709 · FAC 2005-95
Federal Acquisition Regulations; Payment of Subcontractors 81 FR 93481 · FAC 2005-94
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces; Injunction 81 FR 91636 · FAC 2005-93
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments 81 FR 83103 · FAC 2005-92
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces 81 FR 58562 · FAC 2005-90
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; Enhancements to Past Performance Evaluation Systems 80 FR 26426 · FAC 2005-82
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Ending Trafficking in Persons; Corrections 80 FR 6908 · FAC 2005-80
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Ending Trafficking in Persons 80 FR 4967 · FAC 2005-80
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Repeal of the Recovery Act Reporting Requirements 79 FR 31193 · FAC 2005-74
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Contractor Comment Period, Past Performance Evaluations 79 FR 31197 · FAC 2005-74
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Positive Law Codification of Title 41 79 FR 24192 · FAC 2005-73
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Documenting Contractor Performance 78 FR 46783 · FAC 2005-69
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program 77 FR 12913 · FAC 2005-56 · Corrected Mar 9, 2012
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Proper Use and Management of Cost-Reimbursement Contracts 77 FR 12925 · FAC 2005-56
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments 77 FR 12948 · FAC 2005-56
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Public Access to the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System; Correction 77 FR 1640 · Correction
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Public Access to the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System 77 FR 197 · FAC 2005-55
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments 77 FR 204 · FAC 2005-55
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Proposed changes

Proposed rule Published Comments
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Controlled Unclassified Information 90 FR 4278 · FAR Case 2017-016, Docket No. 2017-0016, Sequence No. 1 Closed Mar 17, 2025No 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 42?

FAR Part 42 is a part of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, titled "Contract Administration and Audit Services".

When was FAR Part 42 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 42 proposed?

2 proposed changes have no final rule yet.

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