Transparency in Contracting Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill requires defense contractors to report significant price increases on sole-source contracts and mandates public disclosure of contractors who fail to report, mandates contractors report price increases of 25% year-over-year or 50% over 5 years on non-competitive defense contracts within 30 days, and requires Defense Contract Audit Agency to publicly report contractors who fail to disclose price increases, including detailed product/service information in FAPIIS. It relies on reporting requirements and compliance mandates. The main policy areas are Defense and Defense Procurement.
Who Benefits and How
DoD contracting officers would be affected and Competing defense contractors and procurement transparency advocates could face fewer barriers.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Defense contractors with sole-source contracts experiencing price increases would take on compliance duties, Defense contractors with non-competitive contracts would take on compliance duties, and Defense contractors who violate price reporting requirements could face increased risk.
Key Provisions
- Requires defense contractors to report significant price increases on sole-source contracts and mandates public disclosure of contractors who fail to report.
- Mandates contractors report price increases of 25% year-over-year or 50% over 5 years on non-competitive defense contracts within 30 days.
- Requires Defense Contract Audit Agency to publicly report contractors who fail to disclose price increases, including detailed product/service information in FAPIIS.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill requires defense contractors to report significant price increases on sole-source contracts and mandates public disclosure of contractors who fail to report, mandates contractors report price increases of 25% year-over-year or 50% over 5 years on non-competitive defense contracts within 30 days, and requires Defense Contract Audit Agency to publicly report contractors who fail to disclose price increases, including detailed product/service information in FAPIIS.
Key Policy Areas
Defense, Defense Procurement
Primary Purpose
The bill requires defense contractors to report significant price increases on sole-source contracts and mandates public disclosure of contractors who fail to report, mandates contractors report price increases of 25% year-over-year or 50% over 5 years on non-competitive defense contracts within 30 days, and requires Defense Contract Audit Agency to publicly report contractors who fail to disclose price increases, including detailed product/service information in FAPIIS.
Policy Domains
Transparency in Contracting Act
Identified Gains
- DoD contracting officers
- Competing defense contractors and procurement transparency advocates
Identified Costs
- Defense contractors with sole-source contracts experiencing price increases
- Defense contractors with non-competitive contracts
- Defense contractors who violate price reporting requirements
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Warren (for herself, Mr. Grassley, Ms. Ernst, and Ms. …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Competing defense contractors and procurement transparency advocates, Defense contractors who violate price reporting requirements, Defense contractors with non-competitive contracts
Positive-direction: Competing defense contractors and procurement transparency advocates
Negative-direction: Defense contractors who violate price reporting requirements, Defense contractors with non-competitive contracts, Defense contractors with sole-source contracts experiencing price increases
Defense Contract Audit Agency, Defense Contract Audit Agency personnel, DoD contracting officers
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_director"
- → Director of the Defense Contract Audit Agency
- "contracting_officer"
- → Government contracting officer handling the specific contract
- "service_acquisition_executive"
- → Service Acquisition Executive (military branch procurement head)
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
A contract awarded without competition under section 3204 of title 10 USC and as defined under section 6.302 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation
Defense contractor who receives or bids on covered contracts
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