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GovConDash Weekly · August 24, 2026

The week of August 17, 2026 to August 23, 2026

What changed in government contracting this week. Every item links to its source: the memo, the Federal Register, eCFR or the decision itself.

This Week in GovCon

  • Comment deadlines: 2 proposed rules published this week. The next comment deadline is September 21, 2026 (in 28 days): Small Business Size Standards: Revised Size Standards Methodology.
  • Audit guidance: DCAA reissued 4 Contract Audit Manual chapters (2, 3, 5 and 6), and issued 2 new MRDs.
  • GAO protests: GAO released 5 protest decisions: 4 denied, 1 dismissed in part. The most common ground was set-aside / small business (2).
  • Courts and boards: New decisions: ASBCA 9, CBCA 25, SBA OHA 1.
  • Codified: 30 Cost Accounting Standards sections changed on eCFR: 2 amended, 28 removed.

Proposed rules for every contractor(2)

Rules that would change the FAR, DFARS, the Cost Accounting Standards or the SBA contracting programs, soonest comment deadline first. Rules scoped to one industry are left out.

Small Business Size Standards: Revised Size Standards Methodology
New this weekSmall business size standards, 13 CFR 121

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA or Agency) advises the public that it has revised its white paper explaining how it establishes, reviews, and modifies small business size standards. The revised white paper provides a detailed description of SBA's size standards...

Small Business Administration · Amends 13 CFR 121 · Published August 20, 2026

Comments close September 21, 2026 (in 28 days)Submit a comment
Small Business Size Standards
New this weekSmall business size standards, 13 CFR 121

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA or the Agency) is proposing new size standards for 338 industry groups and industries. The new size standards are designed to better reflect the nature of the markets in which small businesses compete. SBA seeks comments on its...

Small Business Administration · Amends 13 CFR 121 · Published August 20, 2026

Comments close September 21, 2026 (in 28 days)

DCAA updates(6)

Everything DCAA changed this week: new Memoranda for Regional Directors (MRDs), and any Contract Audit Manual (CAM) chapter, audit program or Selected Areas of Cost Guidebook chapter it reissued, with the version each one replaces.

Memoranda for Regional Directors (2)

Audit Guidance on Conformance of CAS to GAAP for CAS 404, 408, 409, and 411

MRD 26-CCLD-005(R) · Issued August 20, 2026

Audit Alert on the Increase to Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) Monetary Thresholds

MRD 26-CCLD-004(R) · Issued August 19, 2026

Contract Audit Manual (4)

  • Chapter 2: Auditing Standards

    Revised August 20, 2026 · replaces the February 24, 2025 revision

  • Chapter 3: Audit Planning

    Revised August 20, 2026 · replaces the February 24, 2025 revision

  • Chapter 5: Audit of Compliance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement for Contractor Business Systems

    Revised August 19, 2026 · replaces the February 24, 2025 revision

  • Chapter 6: Incurred Cost Audit Procedures

    Revised August 19, 2026 · replaces the February 25, 2025 revision

Case law this week(40)

The most authoritative forum first: the Federal Circuit, the Court of Federal Claims, GAO, the boards of contract appeals and SBA OHA. Within each, decisions that granted relief lead.

GAO bid protests (5 new)

4 denied1 dismissed in part
  • Wepa Commercial Cleaning, LLCDenied

    Decided August 17, 2026 · B-424129.2 · Department of Veterans Affairs

    Best-Value / Source SelectionSet-Aside / Small BusinessCorrective Action
  • Davos FrancoisDenied

    Decided August 17, 2026 · B-424592 · Department of State

    Davos Francois argues that the Department of State unreasonably removed experience and language requirements from the solicitation and has conducted the procurement in bad faith.

  • Oready, LLCDenied

    Decided August 13, 2026 · B-424540 · Department of the Interior

    The protester contends that the solicitation's requirement for quotations to include a letter of commitment from the individual who will be providing the services is unduly restrictive of competition.

    Solicitation Terms
  • Potomac Valor Healthcare-2, LLCDismissed in part

    Decided August 12, 2026 · B-423195.2,B-423195.3 · Department of Veterans Affairs

    Set-Aside / Small Business
  • Ideal Innovations, Inc.Denied

    Decided July 2, 2026 · B-423954.2 · Department of the Army

    The protester contends that the awardee had multiple disqualifying personal and organizational conflicts of interests (OCIs), and that the agency's evaluation was unreasonable.

    Organizational Conflict of Interest

ASBCA (9 new)

CBCA (25 new)

2 granted in part1 denied13 settled4 dismissed on other grounds3 ruled on a motion2 dismissed for lack of jurisdiction

SBA OHA appeals (1 new)

Regulation text changes(30)

FAR, DFARS and Cost Accounting Standards sections whose text changed on eCFR this week. Changes to agency supplements are summarized in one line.

ChapterAmendedAddedRemoved
Chapter 99, Cost Accounting Standards Board, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget2028
  • 9903.201-9Treatment of certain compliant cost accounting practice changes related to conformance of CAS to GAAP.Amended
  • 9904.405-40Fundamental requirement.Amended
  • 9904.404-30Definitions.Removed
  • 9904.404-40Fundamental requirement.Removed
  • 9904.404-50Techniques for application.Removed
  • 9904.404-60Illustrations.Removed
  • 9904.404-62Exemption.Removed
  • 9904.404-63Effective date.Removed
  • 9904.404.20Purpose.Removed
  • 9904.408-20Purpose.Removed
  • 9904.408-30Definitions.Removed
  • 9904.408-40Fundamental requirement.Removed
  • 9904.408-50Techniques for application.Removed
  • 9904.408-60Illustrations.Removed
  • 9904.408-62Exemption.Removed
  • 9904.408-63Effective date.Removed
  • 9904.409-20Purpose.Removed
  • 9904.409-30Definitions.Removed
  • 9904.409-40Fundamental requirement.Removed
  • 9904.409-50Techniques for application.Removed
  • 9904.409-60Illustrations.Removed
  • 9904.409-62Exemption.Removed
  • 9904.409-63Effective date.Removed
  • 9904.411-20Purpose.Removed
  • 9904.411-30Definitions.Removed
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