[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

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



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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 support a contingency 

operation or to facilitate defense against or recovery from nuclear, 

biological, chemical, or radiological attack, the micro-purchase 

threshold is ----------.

    (i) $15,000 in the case of any contract to be awarded and performed, 

or purchase to be made, inside the United States; and

    (ii) $25,000 in the case of any contract to be awarded and 

performed, or purchase to be made, outside the United States.

    (2) Purchases using this authority must have a clear and direct 

relationship to the support of a contingency operation or the defense 

against or recovery from 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; 69 FR 8314, Feb. 23, 2004; 69 FR 76352, 

Dec. 20, 2004]