[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: 48CFR13.303-1]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

 

PART 13_SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES--Table of Contents

 

               Subpart 13.3_Simplified Acquisition Methods

 

Sec. 13.303-1  General.



    (a) A blanket purchase agreement (BPA) is a simplified method of 

filling



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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.