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FAR 26.202 Local area preference.

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 says that when awarding emergency response contracts during a Presidentially declared major disaster or emergency under the Stafford Act, agencies should give preference to local firms to the extent feasible and practicable. That preference can be applied through a local area set-aside or an evaluation preference. It also points to the definitions of micro-purchase threshold and simplified acquisition threshold in 2.101 for the authority to use increased thresholds under the Stafford Act.

Applies to: Agencies awarding emergency response contracts during a Stafford Act major disaster or emergency declaration

What it requires

  • Give preference, to the extent feasible and practicable, to local firms when awarding emergency response contracts during a Stafford Act major disaster or emergency declaration

Key terms: local firms · local area set-aside · evaluation preference · micro-purchase threshold · simplified acquisition threshold

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The text

(a) When awarding emergency response contracts during the term of a major disaster or emergency declaration by the President of the United States under the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.5121, et seq.), preference shall be given, to the extent feasible and practicable, to local firms. Preference may be given through a local area set-aside or an evaluation preference.

(b) When using the authority under the Stafford Act, see the definitions of “micro-purchase threshold” and “simplified acquisition threshold” in 2.101 for the authority to use an increased micro-purchase threshold and simplified acquisition threshold.

Sections it refers to

← 26.201 Definitions. · 26.202-1 Local area set-aside. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 26

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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