No award fees for below satisfactory contractor performance
Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, section 5, Sec. 5.
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No award fees for below satisfactory contractor performance
The document says “may not”Who acts: Secretary of Homeland SecurityHow: statuteSec. 5 in the PDF
What the document says
“none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to pay award or incentive fees for contractor performance that has been judged to be below satisfactory performance or performance that does not meet the basic requirements of a contract.”
Section 518. Money in this Act may not be used to pay an award or incentive fee to a contractor whose performance has been judged below satisfactory, or which does not meet the basic requirements of the contract.
What the document actually says
“none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to pay award or incentive fees for contractor performance that has been judged to be below satisfactory performance or performance that does not meet the basic requirements of a contract.”
That sentence, in plain words
No bonus fee may be paid to a firm that did poor work. The same holds if it missed the basic terms.
What this is about
Some contracts pay a bonus for good work. That bonus was still paid at times when work fell short. This blocks that.
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Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026., Public Law 119-86, sec. 5, 140 Stat. 774 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ86/html/PLAW-119publ86.htm
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“No award fees for below satisfactory contractor performance,” Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026., section 5, Sec. 5. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/homeland-security-further-additional-continuing/proposal/sec05-sec518-award-fees/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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