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Desk reference · not legal adviceFAR overhaul tracker/Part 16/As of 2 Nov 2026
FAR Part 16: Types of Contracts
Awaiting final rule
- Stage
- Proposed in FAR Case 2026-006, comment period closed 19 October 2026
- DoD deviation
- Class deviation 2026-O0045 (DPAP list)
- Current text
- FAR Part 16 on Acquisition.gov
The proposed rule: FAR Case 2026-006
Set 2Part 16 is covered by FAR Case 2026-006, published 18 September 2026, which also covers Parts 17 and 35. The comment period closed 19 October 2026; no final rule has been published.
What the rule does, across the parts it covers (not every point touches Part 16):
- Allows a contract type the FAR does not describe, if it is in the Government's best interest and not prohibited by statute.
- Requires a written justification for anything other than fixed-price.
- Treats fixed unit prices metered and billed on actual usage as firm-fixed-price.
- Adds on-ramp and off-ramp alternates to 52.216-22 for multiple-award contracts.
- Asks for comment on renumbering all of Part 52.
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What governs today: a proposed rule governs nothing. The codified FAR does, unless your agency has adopted a class deviation. Other agencies publish their deviations on their own sites and on Acquisition.gov.