FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 26: Other Socioeconomic Programs › Subpart 26.1
FAR 26.102 Policy.
The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.
In plain English
This section states that Indian organizations and Indian-owned economic enterprises should have the maximum practicable opportunity to participate in Federal contracts. It also describes the Indian Incentive Program, which can pay an incentive equal to 5 percent of the amount paid to a subcontractor when the contract authorizes it and the subcontractor is an Indian organization or Indian-owned economic enterprise.
Applies to: Federal agencies awarding contracts and contractors using Indian organizations or Indian-owned economic enterprises as subcontractors
What it requires
- Give Indian organizations and Indian-owned economic enterprises the maximum practicable opportunity to participate in performing Federal contracts
Key terms: Indian organizations · Indian-owned economic enterprises · Indian Incentive Program · incentive payment · subcontractor
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
Indian organizations and Indian-owned economic enterprises shall have the maximum practicable opportunity to participate in performing contracts awarded by Federal agencies. In fulfilling this requirement, the Indian Incentive Program allows an incentive payment equal to 5 percent of the amount paid to a subcontractor in performing the contract, if the contract so authorizes and the subcontractor is an Indian organization or Indian-owned economic enterprise.
← 26.101 Definitions. · 26.103 Procedures. →
Rule changes for FAR Part 26
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 6, 7, 10, 18, 26, 37, and 41 ↗ · proposed 2026-06-23 · comments due 2026-07-23
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · final rule 2025-08-27 · effective 2025-10-01
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Improving Consistency Between Procurement and Nonprocurement Procedures on Suspension and Debarment ↗ · final rule 2025-01-03 · effective 2025-01-17
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · proposed 2024-11-29 · comments due 2025-01-28
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Sustainable Procurement ↗ · final rule 2024-04-22 · effective 2024-05-22
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.