The FAR thresholds buyers cannot misapply
Thresholds look simple until the wrong value lands in the file. This guide turns the 2025 micro-purchase and SAT updates into buyer controls, prime-review evidence, and a defensible record.
What changed and when
- Use October 1, 2025 threshold values as the current baseline for all procurement decisions.
- Confirm the effective date in order documentation and proposal support materials.
- Separate official values from fallback defaults to avoid false certainty in the contract file.
- The 2024 NDAA increased the governmentwide SDVOSB prime contracting goal from 3% to 5%, compounding threshold compliance requirements for primes with subcontracting plans.
