Nixon Peabody partner Cara Wulf, will be speaking on "The Revolutionary FAR Overhaul, Round Two: What Contractors Need to Know Before the Comment Window Closes," at the Public Contracting Institute LLC (PCI) two-part webinar series.
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In this two-part, 90-minute webinar series (October 13 and October 14) unpacking the FAR Council’s second set of proposed rules under Executive Order 14275, “Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement,” Cara Wulf will translate the proposed text into practical guidance on compliance, bidding strategy, and how to prioritize and draft public comments across these specialized parts before the October 19, 2026 deadline. Session 1 — From Commercial to Complex: The New Proposed Rules for How the Government Buys — Parts 8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 38, 44, and 51 This first session focuses on the proposed rule reorganizing how the government buys through commercial, simplified, and negotiated procedures — Parts 8, 12, 13, 15, 38, 44, and 51 — together with the responsibility and qualification standards in Part 9. This session walks through the commercial acquisition procedures consolidation in Part 12 alongside the simplified acquisition procedures in Part 13, negotiated procurements and source selection in Part 15, and Federal Supply Schedule and required sources contracting in Parts 8 and 38. We will also address subcontracting administration under Part 44 and where contractors should concentrate their comments before the deadline. Learning objectives After this session, participants will be able to: Identify how the reorganized commercial-buying framework under Part 12 changes proposal preparation and competition strategy Describe the revised simplified acquisition procedures under Part 13 and when they apply Explain the proposed changes to negotiated procurement and source selection under Part 15 and their impact on bidding and debriefings Assess how the Part 8 and 38 changes affect Federal Supply Schedule and required-sources contracting Evaluate subcontracting-administration implications under Part 44 .
Session 2 — Beyond the Basics: Contract Types, Data Rights, and Specialized Acquisitions — Parts 14, 16, 17, 27, 28, 35, 36, and 47 The second session covers the three remaining proposed rules: contract formation and pricing methods (Parts 14, 16, and 17) and the subject-specific parts governing data rights, research and development, construction, transportation, bonds, and insurance (Parts 27, 35, 36, 28, and 47). Data rights sit at the center of this discussion, and the session examines how the proposed revisions to Part 27 would reshape intellectual-property and technical-data strategy across federal contracts, alongside the sealed-bidding revisions in Part 14, the contract-type and incentive rules in Part 16, the special contracting methods in Part 17, and the streamlined construction (Part 36), R&D (Part 35), transportation (Part 47), and bonds and insurance (Part 28) provisions. Learning objectives After this session, participants will be able to: Explain the proposed changes to the data-rights framework under Part 27 and their implications for IP and technical-data strategy Distinguish among the contract-type and pricing-method changes in Parts 14, 16, and 17 and their effect on risk allocation Identify the streamlining changes in the construction (Part 36), R&D (Part 35), and transportation (Part 47) parts and who is affected Recognize the revised bonds and insurance requirements under Part 28.
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