48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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11 sections with “micro-purchase limitation”

  • 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…
  • DFARS 213.306 SF 44, Purchase Order-Invoice-Voucher.
    (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,…
  • 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 …
  • 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 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 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 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…
  • FAR 13.306 SF 44, Purchase Order—Invoice—Voucher.
    …he following conditions are satisfied: (1) The amount of the purchase is at or below the micro-purchase threshold, except for purchases made under unusual and compelling urgency or in support of contingency operations. Agencies may establi…
  • FAR 19.501 General.
    …of the SBA representative's security clearance) any proposed acquisition in excess of the micro-purchase threshold. (e) All solicitations involving set-asides, in total or in part, or reserves shall specify the NAICS code(s) and correspond…

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