Briefing · 1 Aug 2026
The FAR overhaul is already in your RFP, even if the eCFR still looks old.
The Revolutionary FAR Overhaul did not wait for a pretty recodification. Agencies adopted it through class deviations. DoW's Phase 1 deviations were effective as early as 1 February 2026. Other agencies followed. The codified FAR on your shelf is not the text the KO is using if the solicitation cites a deviation.
For construction and A/E, two facts matter. First, overhauled Part 36 is live under deviation, with a companion guide. Second, the overhaul clarified that construction services can be acquired under Part 12 as commercial services, still using Part 36 procedures. That is not a trivia item. It changes which clauses, which commercial-item arguments, and which past-performance tools show up in the package.
Source selection language is moving with it. The Part 15 companion guide is explicit: deficiencies are things the RFP required at submission. Phased evaluation and down-selects are encouraged. Lowest-price technically acceptable and highest-technically-rated-with-a-fair-price are both on the continuum. If you still write every volume as if it is a 2018 LPTA shootout, you are answering the wrong test.
What to do on the next bid
Read Section I and the clause matrix against the deviation the agency named, not against last year's template. If the RFP says "RFO Part 15" or cites a class deviation number, that is the evaluation law for that procurement. A compliance matrix built on the old part will miss a mandatory and never get scored. That is the demo on the home page, in real life.
Primary: acquisition.gov FAR overhaul deviation guide · DoW DFARS RFO class deviations