[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 41, Volume 2]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 41CFR101-26.301]



[Page 93]

 

           TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

 

          CHAPTER 101--FEDERAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS

 

PART 101-26_PROCUREMENT SOURCES AND PROGRAM--Table of Contents

 

             Subpart 101-26.3_Procurement of GSA Stock Items

 

Sec. 101-26.301  Applicability.



    All executive agencies within the United States (including Hawaii 

and Alaska), in order to maximize the use of the Government's 

centralized supply system, shall requisition GSA stock items in 

accordance with the following:

    (a) When the requirement is for Standard and optional forms, an item 

produced by the Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (FPI), or an item listed 

in the procurement list published by the Committee for Purchase from the 

Blind and Other Severely Handicapped (NIB-NISH), the dollar thresholds 

and language indicated in paragraph (b) of this section are not 

applicable and acquisition of such items continues to be as set forth in 

the applicable sections of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, Federal 

Property Management Regulations and other appropriate regulations. In 

order to identify FPI/NIB-NISH items stocked by GSA, they are marked 

with an asterisk in the GSA Supply Catalog NSN index,

    (b) GSA will process all requisitions for stock items, regardless of 

total line item value, from activities electing to purchase from GSA. If 

an agency determines that alternative sources are more favorable, the 

following guidelines shall apply. However, the price alone of an item 

without other substantive consideration will not be considered as 

sufficient justification to use alternative sources. (These guidelines 

also apply to the procurement of special order program (SOP) established 

source, see Sec. 101-26.102-1.)

    (1) When the total value of the line item requirement is less than 

$100, procurement from other sources is authorized.

    (2) When the total value of the line item requirement is $100 or 

more, but less than $5,000, procurement from other sources is 

authorized: provided, that a written justification shall be prepared and 

placed in the purchase file stating that such action is judged to be in 

the best interest of the Government in terms of the combination of 

quality, timeliness, and cost that best meets the requirement. Cost 

comparisons shall include the agency administrative cost to effect a 

local purchase.

    (3) For total line item requirements of $5,000 and over, agencies 

shall submit a requisition to GSA unless a waiver has been approved by 

GSA. Request for waivers shall be submitted in accordance with Sec. 

101-26.100-2.

    (c) Agencies shall not divide requisitions to avoid higher threshold 

documentation requirements.

    (d) In authorizing procurements in accordance with paragraph (b)(2) 

of this section, agencies shall reimburse GSA for any cost arising out 

of breach of a GSA contract, where sufficient justification is not 

documented in their procurement files.



[56 FR 12457, Mar. 26, 1991]