Certified cost or pricing data (TINA)

$2,500,000was ~~$2,000,000~~ until 1 Oct 2025

Citation: FAR 15.403-4(a)(1); 41 U.S.C. 3502(a)
Last moved: 1 October 2025, from $2,000,000
Checked: 2 November 2026, against the codified FAR and, where it leads the FAR, the statute
Note: Codified FAR: $2.5 million, FAR 15.403-4(a)(1). Civilian statute: 41 U.S.C. 3502, unchanged. DoD statute: 10 U.S.C. 3702, raised to $10 million by section 1804 of the FY2026 NDAA (Pub. L. 119-60) for prime contracts entered into after 30 June 2026; FAR 15.403-4 has not been conformed and DoD is implementing by class deviation, so read the deviation before relying on either figure. Applies to negotiated awards and to contract modifications, tested when the parties agree on price. Which figure reaches a modification of an older contract turns on the date split the governing statute uses — 1 July 2018 in FAR 15.403-4(a)(1), see T-009, and 30 June 2026 in the amended 10 U.S.C. 3702 — so read the split rather than assuming the award-date figure carries forward.

A civilian agency such as GSA or HHS is awarding a sole-source negotiated contract today, and no exception applies. Above what amount must you obtain certified cost or pricing data?

$2,500,000 (FAR 15.403-4(a)(1); 41 U.S.C. 3502(a)), as of 2 November 2026. It was $2,000,000 until it moved on 1 October 2025.

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