Comment on FR Doc # 2026-12560
DALS Credit Solutions CoOpposeBusiness
Summary: Lynette T. Stevenson, owner of DALS Credit Solutions Co., argues that the proposed FAR overhaul weakens necessary oversight for sole-source awards, which she identifies as a major barrier for small and new businesses. She requests that the Council restore specific "guardrails," including mandatory small-business set-aside analyses, stricter market research requirements, and public reporting of sole-source rates.
Submitter: Lynette T. Stevenson, Owner, DALS Credit Solutions Co., a small business concern under FAR 2.101 and 15 U.S.C. § 632(a), registered in SAM.
Re: FAR Case 2026-002, Revolutionary FAR Overhaul, Parts 6, 7, 10, 18, 26, 37, 41, and 52 (91 FR 37636).
I submit the attached comments on behalf of individually owned small businesses, single-owner firms that operate without in-house legal or compliance staff. My comments are confined to FAR Part 6 and, specifically, to awards made without full and open competition (sole-source), which is the largest structural barrier for individually owned firms and new entrants.
I do not ask the Council to change the approval-authority dollar thresholds in proposed Table 6-1. The civilian figures are unchanged from existing FAR 6.304, and the DoD/NASA/Coast Guard figures faithfully implement Section 1804b) of the FY 2026 NDAA (Pub. L. 119-60). These are not proper subjects of objection here.
I ask instead that the Council restore the discretionary guardrails around the sole-source pathway tool squarely within its authority before finalizing Part 6:
1. Add a small-business set-aside analysis to the justification (FAR 6.104-1(a)).
2. Close the market-research escape hatch for "only one responsible source" awards (FAR 6.103-1; 6.104-1(a)(8)).
3. Give the barrier-removal requirement teeth, especially for follow-on sole-source awards (FAR 6.104-1a)(11); 6.103-1(c)(2)).
4. Restore competitive advocate notification for the $500K–$10M defense band; Congress moved to contracting officer self-certification.
5. Keep these guardrails in the binding FAR text, not the FAR Companion (preserve the synopsis at 6.103-1(e)/6.104-1(a)(6) and the public posting at 6.201).
6. Require public reporting of sole-source and single-offer rates disaggregated by small-business, individually owned, and new-entrant status.
The full argument and supporting authorities are in the attached document. I respectfully request that the FAR Council adopt these refinements.
Respectfully,
Lynette T. Stevenson, BS, MBA-C
Pending, CCCM, CFCM, CPCM
Owner, DALS Credit Solutions Co.