Comment on FR Doc # 2026-12561

My name is Angela Moody, owner of EDJ Associates, Inc. We provide the people, processes, and precision to execute mission-critical programs in clinical trials regulatory support, complex event management, and grants acquisition management. I oppose these proposed rules and respectfully urge the Council not to finalize them as written. While I support efforts to streamline the FAR, streamlining should not come at the expense of the mandatory small-business protections that allow firms like mine to find, compete for, and win federal work. These protections are not administrative extras; they are the tools that give small businesses meaningful access to the federal marketplace. Removing them would directly harm my business and many other small firms that depend on fair visibility, market research, and set-aside opportunities to compete. Changes to Task Order and Large Contract Vehicles - Approximately 96% of our federal revenue comes through task orders, GSA Schedules, and other contract vehicles. Securing a place on these vehicles has taken our firm one to two years, along with a significant investment of time, resources, proposal writing, and repeated revisions in response to numerous modifications. If agencies are no longer required to consider small businesses when placing orders, firms like ours could lose access to many of the contracting opportunities that sustain our business. That change would significantly reduce the return on our investment in these vehicles and limit our ability to compete for work we are fully qualified to perform. Elimination of market research and OSDBU staff - Small-business specialists, OSDBU offices, and agency market research have helped lead us to approximately 75% of our federal work, including both small business and WOSB opportunities. Without required market research, buyers are more likely to default to large businesses with greater name recognition, even when capable small businesses are available. Our firm has received CPARS ratings of Outstanding and Excellent. Performance is not the issue. Access, visibility, and a fair opportunity to compete against companies of similar size and scale is the true issue. These aspect of the procurement process is essential to the success of small businesses like mine in the federal marketplace. I support and incorporate by reference the comments filed in this docket by the U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce — its principal comment (Comment ID FAR-2026-0005-0013) and its comment under 5 U.S.C. 610 (Comment ID FAR-2026-0005-0014).