[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR12.203]

[Page 186]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 12_ACQUISITION OF COMMERCIAL ITEMS--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart 12.2_Special Requirements for the Acquisition of Commercial 
                                  Items
 
Sec.  12.203  Procedures for solicitation, evaluation, and award.

    Contracting officers shall use the policies unique to the 
acquisition of commercial items prescribed in this part in conjunction 
with the policies and procedures for solicitation, evaluation and award 
prescribed in part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures; part 14, 
Sealed Bidding; or part 15, Contracting by Negotiation, as appropriate 
for the particular acquisition. The contracting officer may use the 
streamlined procedure for soliciting offers for commercial items 
prescribed in 12.603. For acquisitions of commercial items exceeding the 
simplified acquisition threshold but not exceeding $5,000,000, including 
options, contracting activities shall employ the simplified procedures 
authorized by subpart 13.5 to the maximum extent practicable.

[60 FR 48241, Sept. 18, 1995, as amended at 62 FR 264, Jan. 2, 1997; 62 
FR 64917, Dec. 9, 1997]