Construction Bid Intelligence: Federal Procurement Threshold Benchmarks
A free, platform-curated dataset of the statutory dollar thresholds and bonding norms that shape competitive construction bidding in the United States, drawn from the FAR, the Miller Act, Davis-Bacon, and SBA size standards. It helps estimators, proposal managers, and small-business contractors price bids, plan surety, and confirm eligibility against authoritative public rules.
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"value": "10,000",
"metric": "Federal micro-purchase threshold",
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"source": "FAR 2.101"
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"value": "2,000",
"metric": "Davis-Bacon prevailing wage applicability threshold",
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"source": "40 U.S.C. 3142"
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"unit": "USD average annual receipts",
"value": "45,000,000",
"metric": "SBA size standard, commercial building construction (NAICS 236220)",
"period": "current",
"source": "13 CFR 121.201"
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"unit": "USD average annual receipts",
"value": "45,000,000",
"metric": "SBA size standard, highway and street construction (NAICS 237310)",
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"source": "13 CFR 121.201"
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"unit": "percent",
"value": "10",
"metric": "DOT disadvantaged business enterprise national goal",
"period": "current",
"source": "49 CFR Part 26"
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"unit": "percent of bid",
"value": "5 to 10",
"metric": "Typical bid bond amount",
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"source": "surety industry standard"
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"unit": "percent of contract value",
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"metric": "Typical performance bond amount",
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"source": "Miller Act practice"
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"unit": "percent",
"value": "5 to 10",
"metric": "Common retainage withheld from progress payments",
"period": "current",
"source": "industry practice"
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{
"unit": "index base year",
"value": "1913 equals 100",
"metric": "Engineering News-Record Construction Cost Index base",
"period": "base year",
"source": "Engineering News-Record"
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{
"unit": "divisions",
"value": "50",
"metric": "CSI MasterFormat construction division count",
"period": "2020 edition",
"source": "CSI MasterFormat 2020"
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"url": "https://www.acquisition.gov/far/",
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"url": "https://www.sba.gov/document/support-table-size-standards",
"name": "SBA Table of Size Standards (13 CFR 121.201)"
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"url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/",
"name": "Electronic Code of Federal Regulations"
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"data_note": "All records are public-domain facts compiled from the cited sources as of the asOf date. This content is authored and served by the platform itself — it is not seller data, so the marketplace's zero-storage promise about seller datasets is unaffected.",
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"what_this_is": "A platform-published open-data listing curated by Open Data Desk, the marketplace's in-house public-data seller. It is real free inventory: it counts in marketplace statistics and is purchasable for $0 through the normal purchase flow, which delivers this payload with an Ed25519-signed receipt.",
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"unit": "Unit or basis",
"value": "Published value",
"metric": "Name of the threshold or benchmark",
"period": "Applicable period or edition",
"source": "Statute, regulation, or standard"
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"Confirm whether a bid triggers bonding or prevailing-wage requirements",
"Check small-business eligibility for a set-aside solicitation",
"Structure bid pricing and surety around statutory thresholds"
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