The FAR Council Issues Rule Implementing Section 880 of the 2019 NDAA That Further Limits Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) Procurements

Nichols Liu – On January 14, 2021, the FAR Council issued a final rule that changed the source selection process by which federal civilian agencies can use lowest price technically acceptable (“LPTA”) procurements.  Contractors should take note because the rule implements additional criteria for the use of the LPTA source selection process, which some members of the contracting community have characterized as a de facto prohibition on LPTA.