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Read. Follow. Verify.Missouri raises state project contract cost limits and authorizes master agreements for architectural and engineering services
Last action · February 12, 2026: Second Read and Referred S Emerging Issues and Professional Registration CommitteeSponsor: Jason Bean
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What This Bill Would Do
Missouri Senate Bill 1639 increases the cost limits for state agency standing and job order public contracts and permits the Division of Facilities Management, Design and Construction to enter into s for professional design services. Under the measure, project limits rise to $250,000 and job order project expenditure limits increase to $750,000. It also establishes a process for master agreements capped at $1,000,000 annually per agreement.
Changes financial thresholds and contracting procedures for public construction, renovation, and professional design services procured by state agencies, directly altering how contractors and architecture, engineering, and land surveying firms bid on and perform state work.
- The Division of Facilities Management, Design and Construction operates within the State of Missouri to manage capital improvements, state facility maintenance, and public building design. context
- Standing contracts and job order contracts allow state agencies to efficiently handle repetitive, smaller-scale maintenance and construction tasks without executing individual procurement cycles for every minor repair. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
State agencies
State agencies gain authority to establish higher-cost standing contracts, utilize master agreements for professional services, and contract directly for certain work under updated limits.
Construction and engineering firms
Contractors and design firms face updated statutory expenditure limits on state projects and new qualification-based selection rules for master agreements.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
2 actions- Feb 12, 2026SenateFloorSecond Read and Referred S Emerging Issues and Professional Registration Committee
- Feb 5, 2026SenateIntroducedS First Read
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. The text on record is the 7067S.01I - Introduced version. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance40How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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