[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: 48CFR13.500]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

 

PART 13_SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES--Table of Contents

 

         Subpart 13.5_Test Program for Certain Commercial Items

 

Sec. 13.500  General.





    (a) This subpart authorizes, as a test program, use of simplified 

procedures for the acquisition of supplies and services in amounts 

greater than the simplified acquisition threshold but not exceeding $5 

million ($10 million for acquisitions as described in 13.500(e)), 

including options, if the contracting officer reasonably expects, based 

on the nature of the supplies or services sought, and on market 

research, that offers will include only commercial items. Under this 

test program, contracting officers may use any simplified acquisition 

procedure in this part, subject to any specific dollar limitation 

applicable to the particular procedure. The purpose of this test program 

is to vest contracting officers with additional procedural discretion 

and flexibility, so that commercial item acquisitions in this dollar 

range may be solicited, offered, evaluated, and awarded in a simplified 

manner that maximizes efficiency and economy and minimizes burden and 

administrative costs for both the Government and industry (10 U.S.C. 

2304(g) and 2305 and 41 U.S.C. 253(g) and 253a and 253b).

    (b) For the period of this test, contracting activities must employ 

the simplified procedures authorized by the test to the maximum extent 

practicable.



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    (c) When acquiring commercial items using the procedures in this 

part, the requirements of part 12 apply subject to the order of 

precedence provided at 12.102(c). This includes use of the provisions 

and clauses in subpart 12.3.

    (d) The authority to issue solicitations under this subpart expires 

on January 1, 2008. Contracting officers may award contracts after the 

expiration of this authority for solicitations issued before the 

expiration of the authority.

    (e) Under 41 U.S.C. 428a, the simplified acquisition procedures 

authorized by this test program may be used for acquisitions that do not 

exceed $10 million when--

    (1) The acquisition is for commercial items that, as determined by 

the head of the agency, are to be used in support of a contingency 

operation or to facilitate the defense against or recovery from nuclear, 

biological, chemical, or radiological attack; or

    (2) The acquisition will be treated as an acquisition of commercial 

items in accordance with 12.102(f)(1).



[62 FR 64917, Dec. 9, 1997, as amended at 64 FR 72448, Dec. 27, 1999; 67 

FR 6115, Feb. 8, 2002; 67 FR 80321, Dec. 31, 2002; 68 FR 4050, Jan. 27, 

2003; 68 FR 69259, Dec. 11, 2003; 69 FR 8314, Feb. 23, 2004; 69 FR 

76352, Dec. 20, 2004; 70 FR 11740, Mar. 9, 2005]