FAR Subpart 18.1 Available Acquisition Flexibilities

Subpart Federal Acquisition Regulation

Subpart facts

Citation
FAR Subpart 18.1
Type
Subpart
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 subpart.

Contents

  • 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

Quick answers

What is FAR Subpart 18.1?

FAR Subpart 18.1 is a subpart of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, titled "Available Acquisition Flexibilities".

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