Both the House and the Senate want to overhaul how the Defense Department evaluates contractors by getting rid of subjective performance ratings in the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System with a “negative-only” reporting system.
The House Armed Services Committee’s version of the 2026 defense policy bill includes a provision titled “Reforming of Contractor Performance Information Requirements,” which would require DoD to revise the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to create an “objective, fact-based, and simplified system for reporting contractor performance.”
The amendment, introduced by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), would establish a system focused solely on “negative performance events that are measurable to reduce subjectivity and inconsistency in evaluations.”
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