[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: 48CFR13.202]

[Page 205]
 
            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.  13.202  Purchase guidelines.

    (a) Solicitation, evaluation of quotations, and award. (1) To the 
extent practicable, micro-purchases shall be distributed equitably among 
qualified suppliers.
    (2) Micro-purchases may be awarded without soliciting competitive 
quotations if the contracting officer or individual appointed in 
accordance with 1.603-3(b) considers the price to be reasonable.
    (3) The administrative cost of verifying the reasonableness of the 
price for purchases may more than offset potential savings from 
detecting instances of overpricing. Therefore, action to verify price 
reasonableness need only be taken if--
    (i) The contracting officer or individual appointed in accordance 
with 1.603-3(b) suspects or has information to indicate that the price 
may not be reasonable (e.g., comparison to the previous price paid or 
personal knowledge of the supply or service); or
    (ii) Purchasing a supply or service for which no comparable pricing 
information is readily available (e.g., a supply or service that is not 
the same as, or is not similar to, other supplies or services that have 
recently been purchased on a competitive basis).
    (b) Documentation. If competitive quotations were solicited and 
award was made to other than the low quoter, documentation to support 
the purchase may be limited to identification of the solicited concerns 
and an explanation for the award decision.