# Federal Contractors Manage Procurement Risks

An October 23–30, 2026, government-contracting roundup highlights practical bid, performance, and payment risks rather than announcing a new award. Contractors were cautioned that a contracting officer’s request to update a SAM.gov NAICS code may support market research and a price-reasonableness memo for a potential several-million-dollar SDVOSB set-aside—not indicate selection. The discussion also covered DLA bare-item marking costs, contract and export-control reviews for overseas performance of DOE-adjacent work, and possible Prompt Payment interest when a DFAS payment-run failure delays DLA invoices.

- Treat a NAICS-code update request as a market-research step unless the agency communicates otherwise; it is not evidence of selection. The potential set-aside and its value remain unconfirmed.
- For DLA solicitations involving RQ017 marking requirements for small screws and bolts, determine acceptable marking methods or whether a deviation is available, and include associated labor, equipment, and reject costs in the bid.
- Before continuing sensitive but unclassified DOE-adjacent work from overseas, review whether the prime contract permits overseas performance and assess applicable controlled-information and export-control restrictions, including for subcontracted work.
- For delayed DLA invoices following a DFAS payment-run failure, assess whether Prompt Payment interest applies to the specific circumstances.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Defense & Military
**Topics:** Regulatory Compliance
**Published:** October 30, 2026

### Government Entities
- Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
- Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS)

### Key Quotes
> The price of compliance, the equipment, the labor per unit, the rejects, belongs in the bid price, not discovered after award.
> — u/Admirable-Hippo-7495

> The CO was asking every business that fit the set-aside the same question, not singling OP out. There could be forty other SDVOSBs who got the identical message that morning.
> — u/Rumpelteazer45

> The real question is whether the primes' contracts even permit overseas performance, given controlled information concerns that don't disappear just because nothing is classified.
> — u/Latter-Technician791

### Sources
- [r/GovernmentContracting Weekly Roundup, October 23-30, 2026](https://www.reddit.com/r/GovernmentContracting/comments/1xjntej/rgovernmentcontracting_weekly_roundup_october) - reddit-governmentcontracting