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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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68 sections with “micro-purchase”: the first 40

  • FAR 13.202 Unenforceability of unauthorized obligations in micro-purchases.
    … at 52.232-39, Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations, automatically applies to any micro-purchase, including those made with the Governmentwide purchase card. This clause prevents such violations of the Anti-Deficiency Act.
  • FAR 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 …
  • FAR 4.606 Reporting Data.
    …d to FPDS. (1) As a minimum, agencies must report the following contract actions over the micro-purchase threshold, regardless of solicitation process used, and agencies must report any modification to these contract actions that change pre…
  • FAR 8.405-3 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
    …ed for the supply or service arises. (2) Multiple-award BPAs. (i) Orders at or below the micro-purchase threshold. The ordering activity may place orders at or below the micro-purchase threshold with any BPA holder that can meet the agency…
  • FAR 13.003 Policy.
    …s not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold (including purchases at or below the micro-purchase threshold). This policy does not apply if an agency can meet its requirement using— (1) Required sources of supply under part 8 (e.g.,…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …he Governmentwide commercial purchase card as a method of payment, orders at or below the micro-purchase threshold are exempt from verification in the System for Award Management as to whether the contractor has a delinquent debt subject to…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    … . .” mean that no person is required, authorized, or permitted to do the act described. Micro-purchase means an acquisition of supplies or services using simplified acquisition procedures, the aggregate amount of which does not exceed the…
  • FAR 8.405-1 Ordering procedures for supplies, and services not requiring a statement of work.
    … For establishing BPAs and for orders under BPAs see 8.405-3. (b) Orders at or below the micro-purchase threshold. Ordering activities may place orders at, or below, the micro-purchase threshold with any Federal Supply Schedule contractor …
  • FAR 8.405-2 Ordering procedures for services requiring a statement of work.
    …posted to GSA's electronic RFQ system, eBuy (see 8.402(d)). (1) Orders at, or below, the micro-purchase threshold. Ordering activities may place orders at, or below, the micro-purchase threshold with any Federal Supply Schedule contractor …
  • FAR 8.405-6 Limiting sources.
    …n accordance with paragraph (a) or (b) of this section— (a) Orders or BPAs exceeding the micro-purchase threshold based on a limited sources justification—(1) Circumstances justifying limiting the source. (i) For a proposed order or BPA wi…
  • FAR 23.107-1 Products containing recovered materials.
    …unctionally equivalent item, in the preceding fiscal year was $10,000 or more. (2) While micro-purchases are included in determining the aggregate amount paid under paragraph (c)(1) of this section, it is not necessary for an agency to tra…
  • DFARS 218.201 Contingency operation.
    …ide commercial purchase cards do not have to be used for purchases valued at or below the micro-purchase threshold if the purchase or payment is for an overseas transaction by a contracting officer in support of a contingency operation, or …
  • DFARS 252.225-7018 Photovoltaic Devices—Certificate.
    … of photovoltaic devices to be utilized under a resultant contract: (1) If more than the micro-purchase threshold but less than $174,000, then the Government will not accept an offer specifying the use of other foreign photovoltaic devices…
  • FAR 4.1102 Policy.
    …nual representations and certifications requirements except for— (1) Purchases under the micro-purchase threshold that use a Governmentwide commercial purchase card as both the purchasing and payment mechanism, as opposed to using the purc…
  • FAR 4.1802 Policy.
    …ode assigned to that offeror's location prior to the award of a contract action above the micro-purchase threshold, when there is a requirement to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) or a requirement to have a unique enti…
  • FAR 13.203 Purchase guidelines.
    (a) Solicitation, evaluation of quotations, and award. (1) To the extent practicable, micro-purchases shall be distributed equitably among qualified suppliers. (2) Micro-purchases may be awarded without soliciting competitive quotations if…
  • FAR 13.301 Governmentwide commercial purchase card.
    …ncy procedures should not limit the use of the Governmentwide commercial purchase card to micro-purchases. Agency procedures should encourage use of the card in greater dollar amounts by contracting officers to place orders and to pay for p…
  • FAR 18.201 Contingency operation.
    (a) Contingency operation is defined in 2.101. (b) Micro-purchase threshold. The threshold increases when the head of the agency determines the supplies or services are to be used to support a contingency operation. (See 2.101 and 13.201(g…
  • FAR 19.309 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …ision at 52.219-1, Small Business Program Representations, in solicitations exceeding the micro-purchase threshold when the contract is for supplies to be delivered or services to be performed in the United States or its outlying areas, or …
  • FAR 19.1505 Set-aside procedures.
    … acquisition under the WOSB Program; and (2)(i) May set aside acquisitions exceeding the micro-purchase threshold for competition restricted to EDWOSB concerns when the acquisition is assigned a NAICS code in which SBA has determined that …
  • FAR 22.1505 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
    …Child Labor for Listed End Products, in all solicitations that are expected to exceed the micro-purchase threshold and are for the acquisition of end products (regardless of country of origin) of a type identified by country of origin on th…
  • FAR 23.107-2 Biobased products.
    …tionally equivalent product, in the preceding fiscal year was $10,000 or more. (2) While micro-purchases are included in determining the aggregate amount paid under paragraph (c)(1) of this section, it is not necessary for an agency to tra…
  • FAR 25.100 Scope of subpart.
    …contracts set aside for small business concerns, if— (1) The supply contract exceeds the micro-purchase threshold; or (2) The supply portion of a contract for services that involves the furnishing of supplies (e.g., lease) exceeds the mic…
  • FAR 26.202 Local area preference.
    …preference. (b) When using the authority under the Stafford Act, see the definitions of “micro-purchase threshold” and “simplified acquisition threshold” in 2.101 for the authority to use an increased micro-purchase threshold and simplifie…
  • FAR 32.806 Contract clauses.
    …at 52.232-23, Assignment of Claims, in solicitations and contracts expected to exceed the micro-purchase threshold, unless the contract will prohibit the assignment of claims (see 32.803(b)). The use of the clause is not required for purcha…
  • FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …on, or maintenance. (j) Unique entity identifier. (Applies to all offers that exceed the micro-purchase threshold, and offers at or below the micro-purchase threshold if the solicitation requires the Contractor to be registered in the Syst…
  • FAR 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).
    …ies and Remedies (MAR 2026) (E.O. 13126) (Applies to contracts for supplies exceeding the micro-purchase threshold, as defined in FAR 2.101 on the date of award of this contract). (iv) 52.222-20, Contracts for Materials, Supplies, Articles…
  • DFARS 213.101 General.
    Structure awards valued above the micro-purchase threshold (e.g., contract line items, delivery schedule, and invoice instructions) in a manner that will minimize the generation of invoices valued at or below the micro-purchase threshold.
  • DFARS 213.201 General.
    …ithstanding FAR 13.201(f), apply the prohibition at 223.7402 to purchases at or below the micro-purchase threshold. (g) See PGI 213.201(g) for guidance on use of the higher micro-purchase thresholds prescribed in FAR 13.201(g) to support a…
  • DFARS 213.301 Governmentwide commercial purchase card.
    …o may use the Governmentwide commercial purchase card to make a purchase that exceeds the micro-purchase threshold but does not exceed $25,000, if— (i) The purchase— (A) Is made outside the United States for use outside the United States;…
  • DFARS 232.1110 Solicitation provision and contract clauses.
    …s and commercial services, when— (1) Placement of orders or calls valued at or below the micro-purchase threshold is anticipated; and (2) Payment by Governmentwide commercial purchase card is required for orders or calls valued at or belo…
  • FAR 1.603-3 Appointment.
    … appointments that have not been terminated. (b) Agency heads are encouraged to delegate micro-purchase authority to individuals who are employees of an executive agency or members of the Armed Forces of the United States who will be using…
  • FAR 4.601 Definitions.
    …e 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, cooperative agreement…
  • FAR 4.603 Policy.
    …tain publicly available information about all unclassified contract actions exceeding the micro-purchase threshold, and any modifications to those actions that change previously reported contract action report data, regardless of dollar val…
  • FAR 8.402 General.
    …he Governmentwide commercial purchase card as a method of payment, orders at or below the micro-purchase threshold are exempt from verification in the System for Award Management as to whether the contractor has a delinquent debt subject to…
  • FAR 8.405-5 Small business.
    …the small business representations of Schedule contractors. (d) For orders exceeding the micro-purchase threshold, ordering activities should give preference to the items of small business concerns when two or more items at the same delive…
  • FAR 12.102 Applicability.
    …ly to the acquisition of commercial products or commercial services— (1) At or below the micro-purchase threshold; (2) Using the Standard Form 44 (see 13.306); (3) Using the imprest fund (see 13.305); (4) Using the Governmentwide commer…
  • FAR 13.000 Scope of part.
    … See part 12 for policies applicable to the acquisition of commercial items exceeding the micro-purchase threshold. See 36.602-5 for simplified procedures to be used when acquiring architect-engineer services.
  • FAR 13.302-5 Clauses.
    …an Commercial Products and Commercial Services), in simplified acquisitions exceeding the micro-purchase threshold that are for other than commercial products or commercial services (see 12.301). (2) The clause— (i) Is a compilation of th…
  • FAR 13.303-5 Purchases under BPAs.
    …ubpart 19.5 also apply to each order. (d) If, for a particular purchase greater than the micro-purchase threshold, there is an insufficient number of BPAs to ensure maximum practicable competition, the contracting officer shall— (1) Solic…

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