Federal agencies that buy computers, software, and other technology would follow new rules for choosing contractors under this legislation. It raises the dollar limit for contracts that can skip the government's full competitive-bidding process — from $250,000 to $500,000 for standard purchases and from $10,000 to $25,000 for very small purchases — and lets agencies pay in advance for things like cloud computing subscriptions. It also directs the government to build new training for employees who handle technology purchases and to look for ways smaller companies can more easily compete for federal contracts. Two new government reports would track how well the training program and small-business competition efforts are working. No new federal money is authorized to carry out these changes.
Transparency & Accountability
- GAO reporting — Comptroller General must publish a report on small business federal contracting
- Acquisition training reporting — Federal Acquisition Institute must report training progress to Congress
Congressional Summary
Federal Improvement in Technology Procurement Act or the FIT Procurement ActThis bill addresses various issues related to federal procurement policy and the federal acquisition workforce. For example, the bill requiresthe Federal Acquisition Institute (FAI) to establish a pilot program to consider incorporating experiential learning into the Federal Credentials Program, the Federal Acquisition Certification-Contracting Officer’s Representative Program, and the Federal Acquisition Certification for Program and Project Managers Program;FAI to provide information and communications technology acquisition training for certain acquisition workforce members;the General Services Administration to assume responsibility from the Office of Management and Budget for developing and implementing an artificial intelligence training program for certain acquisition workforce members;the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) to issue guidance on when a wider range of projects, including commercial or non-government projects, should be accepted as relevant past performance so as to increase competition among eligible firms; andthe OFPP to implement regulatory and other non-legislative actions, based on input from the Chief Acquisition Officers Council and the public, to remove barriers to entry for small businesses seeking to participate in federal government procurement.The bill also increases the simplified acquisition threshold from $250,000 to $500,000 and the micro purchase threshold from $10,000 to $25,000. (The federal government uses less complex procedures for the purchase of property and services valued below the simplified acquisition threshold. Purchases below the micro purchase threshold generally do not require soliciting competitive quotations if the contracting officer considers the price to be reasonable.)
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2025-06-25
- Date Added
- 2026-07-17
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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