[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: 48CFR13.201]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 13_SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart 13.2_Actions at or Below the Micro-Purchase Threshold
 
Sec.  13.201  General.


    (a) Agency heads are encouraged to delegate micro-purchase authority 
(see 1.603-3).
    (b) The Governmentwide commercial purchase card shall be the 
preferred method to purchase and to pay for micro-purchases (see 2.101).
    (c) Purchases at or below the micro-purchase threshold may be 
conducted using any of the methods described in subpart 13.3, provided 
the purchaser is authorized and trained, pursuant to agency procedures, 
to use those methods.
    (d) Micro-purchases do not require provisions or clauses, except as 
provided at 4.1104 and 32.1110. This paragraph takes precedence over any 
other FAR requirement to the contrary, but does not prohibit the use of 
any clause.
    (e) The requirements in part 8 apply to purchases at or below the 
micro-purchase threshold.
    (f) The procurement requirements in the Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6962) and Executive Order 13101 of September 14, 
1998, Greening the Government through Waste Prevention, Recycling, and 
Federal Acquisition, apply to purchases at or below the micro-purchase 
threshold (see Subpart 23.4).
    (g)(1) For acquisitions of supplies or services that, as determined 
by the head of the agency, are to be used to facilitate defense against 
or recovery from terrorism or nuclear, biological, chemical, or 
radiological attack, the temporary micro-purchase thresholds are
    (i) $7,500 for acquisitions by or for any agency if the award is 
made from January 24, 2003, through November 24, 2003; and
    (ii) $15,000 for acquisitions by or for the Department of Defense if 
award is made and funds are obligated on or before September 30, 2003.
    (2) Purchases using this authority must have a clear and direct 
relationship to defense against or recovery

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from terrorism or nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack.

[62 FR 64917, Dec. 9, 1997, as amended at 64 FR 10539, Mar. 4, 1999; 65 
FR 36018, June 6, 2000; 67 FR 56121, Aug. 30, 2002; 68 FR 4050, Jan. 27, 
2003; 68 FR 56672, Oct. 1, 2003]