Federal contractors (and their lawyers) have spent much of the past two months trying to anticipate how federal procurement law and policy may change under the incoming Trump Administration. The first factor to note, which most acknowledge, is that Trump the candidate has been unpredictable in his policy positions. The second factor is that Trump’s businesses have not (as far as we can tell) been a contractor to the federal government. So, federal government procurement – with its arcane rules and regulatory processes – may be a completely new and alien segment of the economy to him. Third, President Trump has suggested that he may well assume the position of Deal-Maker-In-Chief for the federal government, creating uncertainty as to when and how he will intervene in the acquisition process.