President Donald Trump’s overhaul of federal contracts could change the entire procurement process, booting out legacy companies and making contracts — even those that the administration wants — more difficult for agencies to secure in the first place, experts told NOTUS.
The deluge of terminated contracts, along with policy crackdowns on diversity, equity and inclusion and economic changes from tariffs all make contracting significantly riskier.
That, in turn, will likely make future government contracts more expensive — counterintuitive given the Department of Government Efficiency’s self-proclaimed goal of saving taxpayer dollars, said Bobby Kogan, senior director for federal budget policy at the Center for American Progress.