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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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64 sections with “dollar threshold”: the first 40

  • FAR 1.109 Statutory acquisition-related dollar thresholds—adjustment for inflation.
    … 1908 requires that the FAR Council periodically adjust all statutory acquisition-related dollar thresholds in the FAR for inflation, except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section. This adjustment is calculated every 5 years, starting…
  • DFARS 201.109 Statutory acquisition-related dollar thresholds-adjustment for inflation.
    …U.S.C. 1908(d) requires the adjustment for inflation of all statutory acquisition-related dollar thresholds in the DFARS be applied to contracts and subcontracts without regard to the date of award of the contract or subcontract, except thr…
  • FAR 1.108 FAR conventions.
    …. Each authority is delegable unless specifically stated otherwise (see 1.102-5(b)). (c) Dollar thresholds. Unless otherwise specified, a specific dollar threshold for the purpose of applicability is the final anticipated dollar value of t…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …, or specialized nature of the elements of the performance specified; (ii) The aggregate dollar value of the anticipated award; (iii) The geographical dispersion of the contract performance sites; or (iv) Any combination of the factors d…
  • FAR 7.107-2 Consolidation.
    …conducting an acquisition that is a consolidation of requirements with an estimated total dollar value exceeding $2 million, the senior procurement executive (SPE) or chief acquisition officer (CAO) shall make a written determination that t…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …lies or services required for performance of the contract or subcontract. Total contract dollars means the final anticipated dollar value, including the dollar value of all options. Untimely payment means a payment to a subcontractor that…
  • DFARS 252.204-7023 Reporting Requirements for Contracted Services.
    …ntractor shall report the following information for the contract or order: (1) The total dollar amount invoiced for services performed during the preceding Government fiscal year under the contract or order. (2) The number of Contractor d…
  • FAR 13.106-1 Soliciting competition.
    …hases of the same or similar item. (iii) The urgency of the proposed purchase. (iv) The dollar value of the proposed purchase. (v) Past experience concerning specific dealers' prices. (2)(i) When soliciting quotations or offers, the con…
  • FAR 52.204-8 Annual Representations and Certifications.
    …d acquisition threshold; (ii) Uses the HUBZone price evaluation preference regardless of dollar value, unless the offeror waives the price evaluation preference; or (iii) Is an 8(a), HUBZone, service-disabled veteran-owned, economically d…
  • FAR 52.219-1 Small Business Program Representations.
    …d acquisition threshold; (ii) Uses the HUBZone price evaluation preference regardless of dollar value, unless the offeror waives the price evaluation preference; or (iii) Is an 8(a), HUBZone, service-disabled veteran-owned, economically d…
  • DFARS 201.170 Peer reviews.
    …wing criteria to identify actions that are subject to peer review (see also FAR 1.108(c), Dollar thresholds): (A) If the not-to-exceed amount for an undefinitized contract action or an unpriced change order exceeds the peer review threshol…
  • DFARS 252.219-7004 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Test Program).
    …tity (CAGE) code and unique entity identifier. (ii) The amount of first-tier subcontract dollars awarded during the 6-month period covered by the report to covered small business concerns, with the information set forth separately by— (A)…
  • FAR 5.301 General.
    …e subpart 25.4); or (ii) Likely to result in the award of any subcontracts. However, the dollar threshold is not a prohibition against publicizing an award of a smaller amount when publicizing would be advantageous to industry or to the Go…
  • FAR 13.303-4 Clauses.
    …otherwise (e.g., see 22.305(a), 22.605(a)(5), or 22.1006), if the prescription includes a dollar threshold, the amount to be compared to that threshold is that of any particular order under the BPA.
  • FAR 19.201 General policy.
    …ation, or prior to placing an order without a solicitation when the acquisition meets the dollar thresholds set forth at 7.107-4(a)(1). See also 7.104(d). (2) The small business specialist shall notify the agency's Director of the Office o…
  • FAR 19.202 Specific policies.
    …subpart 19.5, 19.8, 19.13, 19.14, or 19.15. Agencies shall establish procedures including dollar thresholds for review of acquisitions by the Director or the Director's designee for the purpose of making these recommendations. The contracti…
  • FAR 19.707 The Small Business Administration's role in carrying out the program.
    …subcontracting plans; (2) Review (within 5 working days) any solicitation that meets the dollar threshold in 19.702(a)(1)(i) or (ii) before the solicitation is issued; (3) Review (within 5 working days) before execution any negotiated con…
  • FAR 19.804-6 Indefinite-delivery contracts.
    … among 8(a) participants; (2) The order has an estimated value less than or equal to the dollar thresholds set forth at 19.805-1(a)(2); and (3) The offering and acceptance procedures at 19.804-2 and 19.804-3 are followed. (c) The contrac…
  • FAR 25.402 General.
    …quisition is a determining factor in the applicability of trade agreements. Most of these dollar thresholds are subject to revision by the U.S. Trade Representative approximately every 2 years. The various thresholds are summarized as follo…
  • FAR 25.403 World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement and Free Trade Agreements.
    … acquisition with the intent of reducing the estimated value of the acquisition below the dollar threshold of the WTO GPA or an FTA. (c) Purchase restriction. (1) Under the Trade Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 2512), in acquisitions covered by …
  • FAR 33.207 Contractor certification.
    …regate amount of both increased and decreased costs shall be used in determining when the dollar thresholds requiring certification are met (see example in 15.403-4(a)(1)(iii) regarding certified cost or pricing data). (e) The certificatio…
  • DFARS 225.870-4 Contracting procedures.
    …or payment in Canadian currency shall— (1) Quote the contract price in terms of Canadian dollars and identify the amount by the initials “CN”, e.g., $1,647.23CN; and (2) Clearly indicate on the face of the contract the U.S./Canadian conve…
  • DFARS 225.7017-3 Exceptions.
    …ed from a country covered under the acquisition by a Free Trade Agreement, depending upon dollar threshold (see FAR subpart 25.4). (2) World Trade Organization—Government Procurement Agreement. For covered contracts that utilize photovolta…
  • DFARS 231.205-18 Independent research and development and bid and proposal costs.
    …ts to covered contracts during the preceding fiscal year. For purposes of calculating the dollar threshold amounts to determine whether a contractor meets the definition of “major contractor,” do not include contractor segments allocating l…
  • DFARS 232.104 Providing contract financing.
    For fixed-price contracts with a period of performance in excess of a year that meet the dollar thresholds established in FAR 32.104(d), and for solicitations expected to result in such contracts, in lieu of the requirement at FAR 32.104(d)…
  • DFARS 243.204-71 Certification of requests for equitable adjustment.
    …ifies the request in accordance with the clause at 252.243-7002. (b) To determine if the dollar threshold for requiring certification is met, add together the absolute value of each cost increase and each cost decrease. See PGI 243.204-71(…
  • DFARS 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea.
    … (8) Gross weight in pounds and cubic feet if available; (9) Total ocean freight in U.S. dollars; and (10) Name of the carrier. (g) If this contract exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold, the Contractor shall provide with its fina…
  • FAR 4.601 Definitions.
    …se, rent, or lease of supplies or equipment, services, or construction using appropriated dollars over the micro-purchase threshold, or modifications to these actions regardless of dollar value. Contract action does not include grants, coop…
  • FAR 13.500 General.
    …ficers may use any simplified acquisition procedure in this part, subject to any specific dollar limitation applicable to the particular procedure. The purpose of these simplified procedures is to vest contracting officers with additional p…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …s of each contract item or component on which the royalty is payable). (6) Percentage or dollar rate of royalty per unit. (7) Unit price of contract item. (8) Number of units. (9) Total dollar amount of royalties. (10) If specifically …
  • FAR 19.203 Relationship among small business programs.
    … acquisition threshold. For acquisitions of supplies or services that have an anticipated dollar value above the micro-purchase threshold, but at or below the simplified acquisition threshold, the requirement at 19.502-2(a) to set aside acq…
  • FAR 19.507 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …sole-source basis in accordance with subparts 19.8, 19.13, 19.14, or 19.15, regardless of dollar value. This includes multiple-award contracts when orders may be set aside for small business concerns, as described in 8.405-5 and 16.505(b)(2…
  • FAR 19.702 Statutory requirements.
    …the need for a subcontracting plan, the contracting officer shall consider the cumulative dollar value of the portion(s) or category(ies) of the offeror's proposal for which the offeror is other than small. (ii) For a multiple-award contra…
  • FAR 19.705-2 Determining the need for a subcontracting plan.
    …ion requires a subcontracting plan: (a)(1) Determine whether the proposed total contract-dollars will exceed the subcontracting plan threshold in 19.702(a). (2) Determine whether a proposed modification will cause the total contract dolla…
  • FAR 42.1502 Policy.
    …encies are required to prepare an evaluation if a modification to the contract causes the dollar amount to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. (c) Orders under multiple-agency contracts. Agencies shall prepare an evaluation of con…
  • FAR 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards.
    …r subcontract is signed by the Contractor. Total compensation means the cash and noncash dollar value earned by the executive during the Contractor's preceding fiscal year and includes the following (for more information see 17 CFR 229.402…
  • FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ed acquisition threshold; (2) Uses the HUBZone price evaluation preference regardless of dollar value, unless the offeror waives the price evaluation preference; or (3) Is an 8(a), HUBZone, service-disabled veteran-owned, economically dis…
  • FAR 52.219-28 Postaward Small Business Program Rerepresentation.
    …ed acquisition threshold; (2) Used the HUBZone price evaluation preference regardless of dollar value, unless the Contractor waived the price evaluation preference; or (3) Was an 8(a), HUBZone, service-disabled veteran-owned, economically…
  • FAR 52.232-16 Progress Payments.
    …ny other terms of the contract, the Contractor agrees not to request progress payments in dollar amounts of less than $2,500. The Contracting Officer may make exceptions. (9) The costs applicable to items delivered, invoiced, and accepted …
  • FAR 4.603 Policy.
    … those actions that change previously reported contract action report data, regardless of dollar value. (c) Agencies awarding assisted acquisitions or direct acquisitions must report these actions and identify the Program/Funding Agency an…

FAR (chapter 1)

DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.