[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: 48CFR13.303-1]

[Page 207]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 13_SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart 13.3_Simplified Acquisition Methods
 
Sec.  13.303-1  General.

    (a) A blanket purchase agreement (BPA) is a simplified method of 
filling anticipated repetitive needs for supplies or services by 
establishing ``charge accounts'' with qualified sources of supply (see 
subpart 16.7 for additional coverage of agreements).
    (b) BPAs should be established for use by an organization 
responsible for providing supplies for its own operations or for other 
offices, installations, projects, or functions. Such organizations, for 
example, may be organized supply points, separate independent or 
detached field parties, or one-person posts or activities.
    (c) The use of BPAs does not exempt an agency from the 
responsibility for keeping obligations and expenditures within available 
funds.