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DFARS 213.306 SF 44, Purchase Order-Invoice-Voucher.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This section explains when the SF 44, Purchase Order-Invoice-Voucher, can be used for purchases above the micro-purchase limit but not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold. It matters because it identifies specific categories of purchases where a streamlined ordering method is allowed, including fuel and oil, certain overseas contingency or peacekeeping transactions, and intelligence-related activities.

Applies to: Contracting officers making purchases under the micro-purchase and simplified acquisition thresholds

Key terms: SF 44 · Purchase Order-Invoice-Voucher · micro-purchase limitation · simplified acquisition threshold · contingency operation

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

(a)(1) The micro-purchase limitation applies to all purchases, except that purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold may be made for—

(A) Fuel and oil. U.S. Government fuel cards may be used in lieu of an SF 44 for fuel, oil, and authorized refueling-related items (see PGI 213.306 for procedures on use of fuel cards);

(B) Overseas transactions by contracting officers in support of a contingency operation as defined in 10 U.S.C. 101(a)(13) or a humanitarian or peacekeeping operation as defined in 10 U.S.C. 3015(2); and

(C) Transactions in support of intelligence and other specialized activities addressed by Part 2.7 of Executive Order 12333.

Sections that refer to it

← 213.305-3 Conditions for use. · 213.307 Forms. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 213

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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